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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>GF Language Reference Manual</H1>
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<I>Aarne Ranta</I>, <I>Krasimir Angelov</I><BR>November 2013
<I>Aarne Ranta</I>, <I>Krasimir Angelov</I><BR>June 2014, GF 3.6
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<UL>
<LI>both <I>R</I> and <I>S</I> are either records or record types
<LI>the labels in <I>R</I> and <I>S</I> are distinct
<LI>the labels in <I>R</I> and <I>S</I> are disjoint, if <I>R</I> and <I>S</I> are record types
</UL>
(Since GF version 3.6) If <I>R</I> and <I>S</I> are record objects,
then the labels in them need not be disjoint. Labels defined in
<I>S</I> are then given priority, so that record extensions in fact
works as <B>record update</B>. A common pattern of using this feature
is
<pre>
lin F x ... = x ** {r = ... x.r ...}
</pre>
where <tt>x</tt> is a record with many fields, just one of which is
updated. Following the normal binding conditions, <tt>x.r</tt> on the
right hand side still refers to the old value of the <tt>r</tt> field.
<A NAME="toc41"></A>
<H3>Subtyping</H3>