From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D312BC2F for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:01:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAQ91Mwa007856 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:01:22 +0100 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 KAA28478 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:01:21 +0100 (MET) Received: from annexia.force9.co.uk (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iAQ91LQR007847 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:01:21 +0100 Received: from rich by annexia.force9.co.uk with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CXbyj-0005GG-00 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:01:21 +0000 Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 09:01:21 +0000 Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why doesn't ocamlopt detect a missing ; after failwith statement? Message-ID: <20041126090120.GA19749@annexia.org> References: <20041125204628.GA24215@annexia.org> <005701c4d333$c3bc31e0$19b0e152@warp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005701c4d333$c3bc31e0$19b0e152@warp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41A6F0E2.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41A6F0E1.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocamlopt:01 failwith:01 ocaml:01 exn:01 silently:01 ...:98 cond:02 raise:03 explanation:03 i'd:05 investment:93 missing:06 rather:07 discussion:08 X-Attachments: type="application/pgp-signature" name="signature.asc" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks everyone for the explanation, and the rather convoluted discussion of the type system, which I don't really understand. I'd just like to add that this error bit me in a real program, and it would be nice if OCaml detected this common case and warned about it: if cond then ( ... raise Exn ) next_stmt <-- catastrophic failure, because this statement is silently ignored Rich. --=20 Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ >>> http://www.team-notepad.com/ - collaboration tools for teams <<< Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment http://youunlimited.co.uk/ - Personal improvement courses --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBpvDg4le1M6q9pzoRAt+2AKDjf6TPcHppNtCXZXfu1LdMFG8dLQCfYml4 kGMZH5BdJ/6WRRNgehuejPc= =wvtS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--