Re: [Caml-list] Suggestion for overloaded operators

["Warp" <warplayer@free.fr>]

> Hello,
>
>   what about polymorphism ?
>
> assume following declarations :
>
> let (:+) x y = x + y
> let (:+) x y = x +. y
>
> we define the overloaded operator :+  (respectively for int and for float)

here, you can't do that because :+ is not an operator.

let int_add_int x y = x + y
let float_add_float x y = x +. y


> what about the following declaration :
>
> let f x y = x :+ y ;;

f : 'a -> 'b -> 'c
and assume that a function called   typea_add_typeb exists and returns a 'c
type.

 > Is f overloaded too ?  f has not the colon symbol !
> Is this declaration forbidden ? why !
>
> I think that overloading is not compatible with type inference  ?

I don't know, but this thread should answer to that question.

Warp

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