Pattern Matching for an object-oriented and dynamically typed programming language

Pattern matching is a well-established concept in the functional programming community. It provides the means for concisely identifying and destructuring values of interest. This enables a clean separation of data structures and respective functionality, as well as dispatching functionality based on more than a single value. Unfortunately, expressive pattern matching facilities are seldomly incorporated in present object-oriented programming languages. We present a seamless integration of pattern matching facilities in an object-oriented and dynamically typed programming language: Newspeak. We describe language extensions to improve the practicability and integrate our additions with the existing programming environment for Newspeak. This report is based on the first author’s master’s thesis.

Metadaten
Author details:	Felix Geller, Robert Hirschfeld ORCiD GND, Gilad Bracha
URN:	urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-43035
ISBN:	978-3-86956-065-6
Publication series (Volume number):	Technische Berichte des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts für Digital Engineering an der Universität Potsdam (36)
Publisher:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publishing:	Potsdam
Publication type:	Monograph/Edited Volume
Language:	English
Publication year:	2010
Publishing institution:	Universität Potsdam
Release date:	2010/07/07
Tag:	Dynamische Typ Systeme; Muster; Musterabgleich; Objekt-Orientiertes Programmieren; Pattern Matching Dynamic Type System; Object-Oriented Programming; Pattern Matching; Patterns
Number of pages:	81
RVK - Regensburg classification:	ST 230
Organizational units:	An-Institute / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH
DDC classification:	0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
Publishing method:	Universitätsverlag Potsdam
License (German):	Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz