From: Oliver Bandel <oliver@first.in-berlin.de>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: GADT?? (Re: [Caml-list] Pervasives.compare output type)
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:43:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050330224321.GD443@first.in-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0503301032520.32641@shell4.speakeasy.net>
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:49:42AM -0800, brogoff wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jacques Carette wrote:
> > But theory is also advancing rapidly. Haskell 6.4's inclusion of GADTs in
> > the core language is exerting a powerful pull on me.
>
> I know exactly what you mean :-).
>
> I'm sure you're aware that people at INRIA are working on GADT's as well.
> I have to say, the idea is intriguing, I first read about them from Ralf Hinze's
> "Fun With Phantom Types" where he suggests using them to do away with type
> classes in Haskell. One problem with all of these "sexy types" is that as you
> cram all of this into a language, it gets very complex if you don't throw
> something else out. What should get thrown out of OCaml if GADTs get in? :-/
[...]
What is/what are GADT?!
Ciao,
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-31 6:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-24 18:47 Pervasives.compare output type Alex Baretta
2005-03-24 19:41 ` [Caml-list] " Richard Jones
2005-03-24 21:00 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2005-03-24 21:38 ` Bardur Arantsson
2005-03-24 22:07 ` [Caml-list] " Jason Hickey
2005-03-24 22:26 ` brogoff
2005-03-25 9:42 ` Alex Baretta
2005-04-01 5:59 ` Aleksey Nogin
2005-03-24 22:15 ` Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
2005-03-24 22:41 ` Bardur Arantsson
2005-03-25 9:43 ` [Caml-list] " Alex Baretta
2005-03-29 7:14 ` [Caml-list] " Oliver Bandel
2005-03-30 14:17 ` Xavier Leroy
2005-03-30 14:45 ` Alex Baretta
2005-03-30 15:11 ` Jacques Carette
2005-03-30 15:28 ` Alex Baretta
2005-03-30 17:47 ` brogoff
2005-03-30 18:21 ` Jacques Carette
2005-03-30 18:49 ` brogoff
2005-03-30 20:06 ` Jon Harrop
2005-03-30 20:43 ` Jacques Carette
2005-03-30 22:14 ` Christopher Dutchyn
2005-03-31 0:44 ` brogoff
2005-03-30 22:43 ` Oliver Bandel [this message]
2005-03-30 22:35 ` Oliver Bandel
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