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From: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
To: John Carr <jfc@mit.edu>
Cc: Caml List <caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] module types
Date: 04 Jun 2004 09:13:01 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1086304381.16811.195.camel@pelican.wigram> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406031833.i53IXe5a023254@psi-phi.mit.edu>

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 04:33, John Carr wrote:

> 1. Is there a reason not to allow (A | B | C) as an anonymous
> type declaration?

Standrd Sum types are generative: A | B is not a type, a binder is
required.

Use a polymorphic variant instead:

[`A | `B | `C]


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  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-03 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-03 17:26 Damien
2004-06-03 18:33 ` John Carr
2004-06-03 23:13   ` skaller [this message]
2004-06-04  8:41 ` Julien Signoles

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