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 concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC53BC6B for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:11:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net (pih-relay04.plus.net [212.159.14.131]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5TLB0va025552 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:11:00 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1I4Nk1-0006tO-LE; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:10:57 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr, robert.fischer@smokejumperit.com Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: let int = ?([' ' '\t'] '-') digits+ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:05:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200706291639.39529.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <46854B4B.2060003@fischerventure.com> In-Reply-To: <46854B4B.2060003@fischerventure.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706292205.14990.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 46857564.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 polymorphism:01 ocaml:01 afaict:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 parentheses:01 int:01 let:03 superfluous:04 indeed:07 '-':07 fischer:10 On Friday 29 June 2007 19:11:23 Robert C Fischer wrote: > Syntax polymorphism violates the principle of least surprise. It is, > indeed, Teh Eevil. The designers of OCaml clearly disagreed when they went out of their way to remove superfluous parentheses: [1, 2] I am taking the idea further, AFAICT. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. The OCaml Journal http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_journal/?e