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 AAA19701; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:21:04 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA21213 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:21:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (fichte.ai.univie.ac.at [131.130.174.156]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g14NL2X28691 for ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:21:02 +0100 (MET) Received: (from markus@localhost) by fichte.ai.univie.ac.at (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id AAA03597; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:20:53 +0100 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:20:53 +0100 From: Markus Mottl To: Chris Hecker Cc: Mattias Waldau , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax change (was: camlp4o problem) Message-ID: <20020204232053.GB1705@fichte.ai.univie.ac.at> Mail-Followup-To: Chris Hecker , Mattias Waldau , caml-list@inria.fr References: <004b01c1ada9$ae1d0420$765da8c0@gateway> <20020204180136.F2338@verdot.inria.fr> <004b01c1ada9$ae1d0420$765da8c0@gateway> <4.3.2.7.2.20020204144529.037923f0@arda.pair.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020204144529.037923f0@arda.pair.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i Organization: Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Mon, 04 Feb 2002, Chris Hecker wrote: > I think you rarely get a chance to change major things, and so you > should take the opportunity before it's too late. I would support such > a change if the team wanted to do it. I don't think they should do it > lightly, obviously, but I also don't think they should be terrified of > a change like this either. Decide what's best for the future of caml, > weighing user pain (but not overly strongly) and cleanliness benefit, > and make a decision. Considering the possibility that OCaml might become more mainstream, I'd rather want to see this happen with a slightly cleaner syntax. It's of course up to the OCaml-team to decide where they want to go... Regards, Markus Mottl -- Markus Mottl markus@oefai.at Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.oefai.at/~markus ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr