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 PAA31624; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:52:27 +0200 (MET DST) 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 PAA31314 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:52:26 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gwsmtp.thomson-csf.com (gwsmtp.thomson-csf.com [195.101.39.226]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g72DqPf19101 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:52:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from thomplex.thomson-csf.com (200.3.2.2) by gwsmtp.thomson-csf.com (NPlex 6.5.026) id 3D4A8DFC00000E72 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:57:45 +0200 Received: from THALESCAN.CORP.THALES (200.3.1.29) by thomplex.thomson-csf.com (NPlex 6.5.026) id 3D4A3E0A0000CD2D for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:48:39 +0200 Received: from bgxplex3.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com (1.38.9.153) by bgxplex.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com (NPlex 5.1.036) id 3D368F6100024885 for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:51:47 +0200 Received: from bgxplex3.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com (1.38.9.153) by bgxplex3.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com (NPlex 5.1.053) id 3D2D942D0002009F for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:54:50 +0200 Received: from 187.150.3.12 by bgxplex3.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Fri, 02 Aug 2002 15:54:49 +0200 Received: from af_mara by lully.bgx.airsys.thomson-csf.com with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17acna-0004hj-00 for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2002 15:48:58 +0200 Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:48:58 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9r=F4me_Marant?= To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] Using %identity for casting types Message-ID: <20020802154858.A18074@fr.thalesgroup.com> Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@inria.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, I'm doing some experiments in interfacing OCaml with C++ and it is sometimes necessary to cast one type to another. I've seen in lablgtk something like: external unsafe_cast : 'a obj -> 'b obj =3D "%identity" It is meant to be used by the end user? Thanks. --=20 J=E9r=F4me Marant ------------------- 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