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=AWL 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 76CB7BC0B for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:11:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.132]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0GJBJtT001269 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:11:22 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=[10.0.0.5]) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1H6tiI-0002hH-Jb for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:11:18 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Ocaml compiler features Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:09:38 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <45A87011.8080203@gmail.com> <20070116.065515.246091320.Christophe.Troestler@umh.ac.be> <45AD10BF.60606@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45AD10BF.60606@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701161909.38203.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45AD2357.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 parens:01 literals:01 edgar:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 tuples:01 caml:02 objective:02 constructing:04 optional:09 interesting:12 On Tuesday 16 January 2007 17:51, Edgar Friendly wrote: > C is interesting because the braces are optional, and people get into > trouble often when they fail to use them. And many people's solution is > to treat the braces as non-optional. I don't think this is as > appropriate in ocaml because parens serve a second use: constructing > tuples. Braces have other meanings in C too, e.g. array literals. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. Objective CAML for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists