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 LAA08458; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:00:53 +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 LAA08692 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:00:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f2R90mn18287; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:00:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from xleroy@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id LAA08685; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:00:49 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:00:49 +0200 From: Xavier Leroy To: Don Syme Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files Message-ID: <20010327110049.A7856@pauillac.inria.fr> References: <0C682B70CE37BC4EADED9D375809768A48FD7A@red-msg-04.redmond.corp.microsoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <0C682B70CE37BC4EADED9D375809768A48FD7A@red-msg-04.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>; from dsyme@microsoft.com on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:33:51PM -0800 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk > Isn't it feasible to annotate elements of signatures with something that > indicates that an identifier really is bound to a value, rather than a > module?? i.e. You probably meant "rather than a result of an arbitrary computation". Yes, it can be done this way, and I believe such annotations in signatures are necessary for a full treatment of recursion between modules (the Holy Grail :-). However, they also pollute signatures with "implementation details". For more modest forms of recursion, e.g. cross-recursion between compilation units, I was hoping this information could be propagated behind the scene, without cluttering signatures, or just re-inferred and checked at link-time. This is just a vague idea. Cheers, - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr