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 RAA20465; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:52:37 +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 RAA19979 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:52:36 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.davidb.org (adsl-64-172-240-129.dsl.sndg02.pacbell.net [64.172.240.129]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hBNGqZv28656 for ; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:52:35 +0100 (MET) Received: from davidb by mail.davidb.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AYplg-0002Qs-00; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:52:24 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:52:24 -0800 From: David Brown To: Sven Luther Cc: Brian Hurt , Tyler Eaves , caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Frustrated Beginner Message-ID: <20031223165224.GB9202@davidb.org> References: <1072152186.59938.30.camel@tylere> <20031223162004.GA25221@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031223162004.GA25221@iliana> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 caml-list:01 sven:01 luther:01 constructs:02 mmm:02 dave:03 wrote:03 let:04 let:04 needing:06 dec:07 beginner:08 0100,:08 davidb:08 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 05:20:04PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > Mmm, not really convinced. For me ;, is a shortcut for : > > let () = ... in > > Actually, i believe that both constructs result in the exact same code. Plus there are some places where let () = ... in makes things easier, since it allows multiple expressions after a then or else without needing a begin/end wrapping. Dave ------------------- 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