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 BAA17129; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:13:13 +0200 (MET DST) 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 BAA17121 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:13:12 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i53ND9SH012964 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 01:13:11 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp114-11.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [150.101.114.11]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i53ND2k2089722; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 08:43:03 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] module types From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: John Carr Cc: Caml List In-Reply-To: <200406031833.i53IXe5a023254@psi-phi.mit.edu> References: <200406031833.i53IXe5a023254@psi-phi.mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1086304381.16811.195.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 04 Jun 2004 09:13:01 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40BFB085.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 generative:01 9660:01 glebe:01 nsw:01 polymorphic:01 snail:02 variant:02 checkout:02 module:03 2037:03 wrote:03 types:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk 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] -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- 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