Re: [Caml-list] How to refactor a large Ocaml program

[Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>]

Am Mittwoch, den 13.12.2006, 15:00 +0100 schrieb Yann Coscoy:
> My opinion is that you are right when you say that ocaml programs are
> often shorter than Java one. However, I have the feeling that you are
> over-enthusiastic about manageability of ocaml programs.

Well, it is certainly possible to write Ocaml programs that turn out to
be unmanageable. My experience (which is currently a 53 kloc commercial
project) is different, however. We are refactoring all the time, and it
is no big deal.

Ok, we are only refactoring from "good design A" to "good design B", and
not from a bad design to a hopefully better design.

> I think that the only reason why ocaml programmers do no use refactoring
> tools is that such tools do not exits of ocaml.

I wouldn't use such a tool if it were more complicated than the status
quo.

Anyway, I think it is more the people who make a large program
manageable, not the availability of such tools.

Gerd
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