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 NAA24684; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:07:38 +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 NAA32678 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:07:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i7UB7Y9K015911 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:07:35 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp192-107.lns1.syd2.internode.on.net [203.122.192.107]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7UB7LHY025726; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:37:23 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: Baffeld by manual (Was: [Caml-list] baffled by semicolon) From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Ville-Pertti Keinonen Cc: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr, briand@aracnet.com In-Reply-To: <4132E487.2090606@exomi.com> References: <16685.22393.76718.150882@soggy.deldotd.com> <4132D36D.4020104@bik-gmbh.de> <1093853217.9955.44.camel@pelican.wigram> <4132E487.2090606@exomi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093864039.9955.46.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 30 Aug 2004 21:07:21 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 41330A76.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 baffled:01 semicolon:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 9660:01 glebe:01 evaluates:01 nsw:01 side-effects:02 snail:02 checkout:02 unit:03 unit:03 2037:03 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 18:25, Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote: > skaller wrote: > > e1 ; e2 > > > >evaluates e1, then e2 (for side effects). > > > > > e1 is evaluated for side-effects, the value of e2 is the value of the > entire expression, it does not need to be of type unit. > > You could think of ; as having the type unit -> 'a -> 'a Yup, that's more correct -- sry for prior inaccuracy. -- 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