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 JAA32434; Fri, 17 May 2002 09:10:01 +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 JAA32440 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 09:10:00 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from verdot.inria.fr (verdot.inria.fr [128.93.11.7]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g4H7A0f04024 for ; Fri, 17 May 2002 09:10:00 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from ddr@localhost) by verdot.inria.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA14578 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 17 May 2002 09:09:55 +0200 Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 09:09:55 +0200 From: Daniel de Rauglaudre To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Camlp4/OCaml [was: Generating C stubs] Message-ID: <20020517090955.D14342@verdot.inria.fr> References: <20020516214412.K2924@verdot.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from bpr@bpr.best.vwh.net on Fri, May 17, 2002 at 04:12:28AM +0000 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 04:12:28AM +0000, Brian Rogoff wrote: > I dread the prospect of a flamewar over this, but I think that removing > CamlP4 from OCaml is a very bad idea, and a step backwards. Bad news to > me, indeed... Right. Divorce is generally a bad idea, but the solution when the marriage have been done with a bad preparation and lies. > I would encourage reconsidering this decision. Note that for any > given feature beyond core ML (labels, variants, objects, higher > order functors, ...) I can imagine someone considering that feature > "not serious". No decision is definitive, I can change my mind, but I have asked for propositions since two months, and nothing happened. Separation is the best compromise I found. If somebody has a better solution (except hide the problem under the carpet), I am ready to hear it. -- Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr http://cristal.inria.fr/~ddr/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners