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From: Eduardo Gimenez <Eduardo.Gimenez@inria.fr>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Cc: Eduardo.Gimenez@inria.fr
Subject: Prefix operators in ocaml
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:42:20 +0100 (MET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199901211442.PAA19110@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)


Hello,

Which is the "prefix" name in Ocaml for the multiplication on
integers? The symbols (+), (/), etc. work fine for the other
arithmetic operations, but the symbol (*) does not.

Similarly, is there any prefix name for the list constructor (a::l) ?
I am thinking in something like (::) .... 

Of course, I could define a function with the same behavior:
# let cons x y = x::y;;
val cons : 'a -> 'a list -> 'a list = <fun>

but this does not enable to write down expressions like 
match x with cons (a,l) -> l.

PS: I am working in the context of automatic generation of ocaml code,
and being able to have a uniform treatment for datatype constructors
would simplify things a lot....

Thanks in advance,
Eduardo Gimenez.




             reply	other threads:[~1999-01-21 15:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-01-21 14:42 Eduardo Gimenez [this message]
1999-01-21 15:47 ` William Chesters
1999-01-21 16:04 ` Chris Keane
1999-01-21 16:13 ` Jun P. Furuse

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