type_inference.md

Type inference

The Concept

Automatically inferring the type of an expression.

What to cover

• What is type inference? Explain what type inference is.
• How to use type inference How to use type inference in your language.
• What restrictions are there? What restrictions are there?

Exercises

Lasagna cooking

This exercise deals with cooking a lasagna dish in the oven. The reference implementation (F#) teaches:

• What type inference is.
• The limitations of type inference.
• How type inference can be used when defining variables.

Implementations

Track	Exercise	Changes
C#	lucians-luscious-lasagna	None
F#	lucians-luscious-lasagna	None
Scala	basics	None