From: Xavier Leroy <xavier.leroy@inria.fr>
To: Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
Cc: Tim Freeman <tim@fungible.com>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why are type functions postfix?
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:58:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020823155802.A16529@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020823123832.GA940@iliana>; from luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr on Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 02:38:32PM +0200
> Is it not because in the type notation, int ref is similar to int list,
> while in the function application, ref 3 is similar to a constructor
> application like Some 3 for example ?
Yes, of course. But the original question was: all function or data
constructor applications (in expressions) are prefix, while type
constructor applications (in type expressions) are postfix; why?
Answer: ask Robin Milner :-)
- Xavier Leroy
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-23 13:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-12 19:02 Tim Freeman
2002-08-12 19:57 ` Vitaly Lugovsky
2002-08-23 9:24 ` Xavier Leroy
2002-08-23 12:38 ` Sven LUTHER
2002-08-23 13:58 ` Xavier Leroy [this message]
2002-08-13 0:49 Arturo Borquez
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