From: Pierre Weis <Pierre.Weis@inria.fr>
To: martin@chasm.org (Charles Martin)
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: printf - partial application bug
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 22:16:38 +0100 (MET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200101042116.WAA09622@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010104114009.00a85670@chasm.org> from Charles Martin at "Jan 4, 101 11:53:08 am"
> I was surprised to discover that:
>
> # List.iter2 (Printf.printf " (%d %d)") [1;2;3] [4;5;6];;
> (1 4)2 5)3 6)
>
> It appears that a partially applied printf "forgets" everything up to the
> first format directive.
That's not a bug: it is a feature !
Have a look to the FAQ:
http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/FAQ/FAQ_EXPERT-eng.html#printf
or (for french speaking camlers)
http://pauillac.inria.fr/caml/FAQ/FAQ_EXPERT-fra.html#printf
Best regards,
Pierre Weis
INRIA, Projet Cristal, Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, http://pauillac.inria.fr/~weis/
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