From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E5ABC0C for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:09:31 +0100 (CET) Received: from hades.snarc.org (hades.snarc.org [212.85.152.11]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0FN9UM5023073 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:09:30 +0100 Received: by hades.snarc.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1C8781B481; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:08:52 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:08:52 +0100 To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Qu=F4c?= Peyrot Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: Try finally (was Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml compiler features) Message-ID: <20070115230852.GA10593@snarc.org> References: <45A87011.8080203@gmail.com> <20070115000544.GA28731@snarc.org> <200701152130.44615.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <81E583BC-438F-41C7-A940-6DF083763845@epfl.ch> <20070115222736.GB9982@snarc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Email may contain unsmilyfied humor and/or satire. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: tab@snarc.org (Vincent Hanquez) X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45AC09AA.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 compiler:01 trivial:01 trivial:01 pervasives:01 cheers:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 functions:01 exists:03 std:03 library:03 extension:05 vincent:07 On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 02:40:13PM -0800, Quôc Peyrot wrote: > I don't know for the other trivial functions, but this apply function > looks like > Std.finally from extlib. > > I hardly miss any trivial functions when using extlib, mileage might > vary. extlib is not the only standard extension library that exists. I can easily count 3 of them widely available on internet. and, agreed that's a good start (if that's would be directly available in pervasives), it's not as good has having a: try ... finally ... directly in the language. Cheers, -- Vincent Hanquez