Add type constraints to classgenerics in methods

[sampersand]

RBS currently only lets you add type constraints to generic variables when they're declared. (For class/modules, it looks like class Foo[P < _ToS] and for methods it looks like def print: [T < _ToS] (T) -> T).

I propose expanding the method form of this to support arbitrary constraints of class generics:

class CardboardBox[Contents]
  def add: (Contents) -> void
  def submerge!: {Contents < _Waterproof} () -> void
end

There's a lot of motivating examples of this in the stdlib. Here's a select few:

class Array[E]
  # `Array#join` requires the `E` to respond to `to_s`
  def join: {E < _ToS} (?string separator) -> String

  # `Array#sum` without a default argument requires `E`
  # to coerce with integers
  def sum: [R < _Add] {E < _Coerce[Integer, R]} () -> R
         | [I < _Add[E, O], O < _Add] (I default) -> O
end

module Enumerable[E] : _Each[E]
  # `Enumerable#include?` goes `element == object`,
  # which requires that `E` implements `==`, not `T`.
  def include?: [T] {E < _Equals[T]} (T object) -> bool
end

Few things to note:

1. I'm not wed to the syntax—in fact, I'd probably prefer it if it were a part of the [] expression (eg def include?: [T, E < _Equals[T]]). But that might be difficult to implement, and the braces are currently unused before arguments
2. This proposal only talks class generics, as that's a somewhat pressing need. However, it might be nice (and if it's easy to do), extend this syntax to support any form of constraints

[ParadoxV5]

1. I'm not wed to the syntax

Another style, inspired by C++ template specialization:

class Array[E]
  # common stuff
end

class Array[E < _ToS] # currently an error that the generics don’t match
  def join: (?string separator) -> String
end

module Enumerable[E] : _Each[E]
  # `Enumerable#include?` goes `element == object`,
  # which requires that `E` implements `==`, not `T`.
  def include?: [T] {E < _Equals[T]} (T object) -> bool
end

Good proposal, but this does not solve #2849.

[ParadoxV5]

• Duplicates Syntax to bound generics of self in method #2191