From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA16629; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:05:49 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA16202 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:05:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from smtp1.home.se (smtp1.home.se [195.66.35.200]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g2KD5l907306 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:05:47 +0100 (MET) Received: from seneca [213.88.193.140] by smtp1.home.se with Novonyx SMTP Server $Revision: 2.74 $; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:00:18 +0100 (ECTD) Message-ID: <007601c1d00f$f3b81960$0c6fa8c0@invariant.se> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Johan_Georg_Granstr=F6m?= To: "Gerd Stolpmann" Cc: References: <3C8C9FE1.2060904@gerd-stolpmann.de> <000d01c1c95b$866bc060$0b01a8c0@mit.edu> <20020312230047.M1173@ice.gerd-stolpmann.de> <20020320222038.A3148@hg.cs.mu.oz.au> <3C98863F.6060208@gerd-stolpmann.de> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] The DLL-hell of O'Caml Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:05:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > > I think that rather than being a consequence of strict typing, it is a > > possible consequence of treating modules as more-or-less first class, > > if you use a representation of modules in which adding a new function > > does not preserve binary compatibility. Does O'Caml do that? > > It is also a matter of typing because even toplevel modules can be > used to parameterize functors. So adding a new function may break > functor applications. I don't understand this, can you give an example of such a case? Yours, - Johan Granström ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners