Polymorphic Endpoint Types for Copyless Message Passing

Viviana Bono
(Torino, Italy)
Luca Padovani
(Torino, Italy)

We present PolySing#, a calculus that models process interaction based on copyless message passing, in the style of Singularity OS. We equip the calculus with a type system that accommodates polymorphic endpoint types, which are a variant of polymorphic session types, and we show that well-typed processes are free from faults, leaks, and communication errors. The type system is essentially linear, although linearity alone may leave room for scenarios where well-typed processes leak memory. We identify a condition on endpoint types that prevents these leaks from occurring.

In Alexandra Silva, Simon Bliudze, Roberto Bruni and Marco Carbone: Proceedings Fourth Interaction and Concurrency Experience (ICE 2011), Reykjavik, Iceland, 9th June 2011, Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science 59, pp. 52–67.
Published: 31st July 2011.

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