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 D7E42BC29 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:39 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k78Kvdnu030475 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:39 +0200 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA31206 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de (einhorn.in-berlin.de [192.109.42.8]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k78KvaNx030447 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:38 +0200 X-Envelope-From: oliver@first.in-berlin.de X-Envelope-To: Received: from first.in-berlin.de (e178002115.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.178.2.115]) (authenticated bits=0) by einhorn.in-berlin.de (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k78KvTmv007171 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:29 +0200 Received: by first.in-berlin.de (Postfix, from userid 501) id 34ED82F6CBE; Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 22:57:48 +0200 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Arg-module: Float-Args also accept integer values Message-ID: <20060808205748.GA745@first.in-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang_at_IN-Berlin_e.V. on 192.109.42.8 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44D8FAC3.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44D8FAC0.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; bandel:01 in-berlin:01 ocaml's:01 oliver:01 oliver:01 integer:01 integer:01 behaviour:01 float:03 types:03 implicit:03 philosophy:06 ciao:10 idea:12 convenient:15 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Is this a wanted behaviour? It's an implicit conversion from the integer value in the cli-string to float. Even if this is very convenient for a user, it is not completely following OCaml's philosophy (regarding types). Any idea on this?! Ciao, Oliver