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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Amanda Silver, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Paul A. Vick, Seattle, WA (US);
Avner Y. Aharoni, Seattle, WA (US);
David N. Schach, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Drayton, Redmond, WA (US);
Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Amanda Silver, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian C. Beckman, Newcastle, WA (US);
Paul A. Vick, Seattle, WA (US);
Avner Y. Aharoni, Seattle, WA (US);
David N. Schach, Redmond, WA (US);
Peter F. Drayton, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that enhance a programming language by introducing null unification on a type level in addition to a value level, for static types of both reference and value types T. An operator that adds a level of nullability (and removes such nullability) is introduced without a mention of the actual type, to steer overloading in a precise manner.