Re: [Caml-list] Newbie comment on constructor syntax

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

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Am Dienstag, den 10.11.2015, 15:30 +0000 schrieb Soegtrop, Michael:
> Dear Hendrik,
> 
> > And of course, that C++ doesn't have first-class functions.  Or has that
> > changed recently?
> 
> C++11 claims to be a functional language

Hmmm, a language whose name is an assignment...

>  and supports anonymous functions and currying.

That's only a small part of the story. I think more important is how
much control a language gives you about side effects, and AFAIK C++
doesn't let you control much, and common programming practice goes into
the opposite direction (e.g. think of stateful iterators).

Gerd

>  But as you say: the syntax of types, especially function types, is rather messy in C/C++.
> 
> > In any case, the problem with OCaml's apparent typelessness isn't that you
> > don't have to write the types, it's that when you see someone else's code
> > you can't read the types.
> 
> I don't know how others handle this. I came to the conclusion that it might be a good compromise to write explicit types on interface functions and omit them on internal functions. But as newbie I can't tell how readable this is to others or to me in 5 years.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michael
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