From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7DBBB83 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:53:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ptb-relay03.plus.net (ptb-relay03.plus.net [212.159.14.214]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k4PMr8Ux028263 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 00:53:09 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=chetara) by ptb-relay03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1FjOhW-0005Ju-Kx for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Thu, 25 May 2006 23:53:06 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: immutable strings (Re: Array 4 MB size limit) Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 00:00:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060515141230.ajyupn2z28k0484s@horde.akalin.cx> <4475EAC1.4090805@cs.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200605260000.14452.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44763554.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; mutable:01 ocaml:01 2006:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 abstract:01 immutable:01 immutable:01 strings:01 strings:01 caml:02 objective:02 string:02 pattern:03 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Thursday 25 May 2006 19:44, Tom wrote: [immutable strings] > But why don't you add such a type yourself? You would have to make your new type abstract in order to distinguish it from the build-in mutable string type. Then you lose the ability to do pattern matching and s.[i]. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists