[Caml-list] Infix operators

[Erik de Castro Lopo <ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com>]

Hi all,

I've got a number of defined types for which I'd like to define
infix operators for addition, subtraction, multiplication etc.

Unfortunately since each type needs is own infix operator I'm
running out of ideas unique operator versions for each type.

Why is it not possible to do something like:

    let ( ++ ) (a:float) (b:float) = a +. b ;;

    let ( ++ ) (a:int) (b:int) = a + b ;;

which with the full type specification should allow the compiler
to figure out which version to use in a given situation.

Regards,
Erik
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