[Caml-list] Enhanced OCaml Documentation 4.01

[Caml-list] Enhanced OCaml Documentation 4.01

[Hendrik Tews]

Dear all,

I would like to announce

                 The Enhanced OCaml Documentation 
                          Version 4.01
   available via http://www.askra.de/software/ocaml-doc/4.01

This version of the OCaml manual enhances the original html
version in the following way:

- Changes (wrt version 4.00) are tagged with icons and color 
- an additional appendix contains all grammar rules


As always, the enhanced documentation reveals some points that
have not been mentioned in the official 4.01 announcement from
Damien Doligez. This time, the most important such point is that
the documentation approves what long-term OCaml hackers have been
using for years to improve their code. You can use an infix
symbol as for-loop-variable:

   for (+) = ... to ... do ... done

will (mostly) word as (un)expected!
;-)

Enjoy,

Hendrik

Re: [Caml-list] Enhanced OCaml Documentation 4.01

[Stéphane Glondu]

Le 24/09/2013 22:25, Hendrik Tews a écrit :
> [...]
> the documentation approves what long-term OCaml hackers have been
> using for years to improve their code. You can use an infix
> symbol as for-loop-variable:
> 
>    for (+) = ... to ... do ... done
> 
> will (mostly) word as (un)expected!

Really? People actually do that?

-- 
Stéphane

Re: [Caml-list] Enhanced OCaml Documentation 4.01

[Hendrik Tews]

Stéphane Glondu <steph@glondu.net> writes:

   Le 24/09/2013 22:25, Hendrik Tews a écrit :
   > [...]
   > the documentation approves what long-term OCaml hackers have been
   > using for years to improve their code. You can use an infix
   > symbol as for-loop-variable:
   > 
   >    for (+) = ... to ... do ... done
   > 
   > will (mostly) work as (un)expected!

   Really? People actually do that?

Stéphane, if you quote me, please don't erase the smilies, I use
them rarely enough!

The above was a joke, but I was really surprised to see that 

   for (+) = 1 to 5 do Printf.printf "%d\n" ((+) * 2) done

actually works. I still wonder, if there is a useful application
for this "feature".

Bye,

Hendrik

Re: [Caml-list] Enhanced OCaml Documentation 4.01

[Hongbo Zhang]

On 9/25/13 2:43 AM, Hendrik Tews wrote:
> Stéphane Glondu <steph@glondu.net> writes:
>
>     Le 24/09/2013 22:25, Hendrik Tews a écrit :
>     > [...]
>     > the documentation approves what long-term OCaml hackers have been
>     > using for years to improve their code. You can use an infix
>     > symbol as for-loop-variable:
>     >
>     >    for (+) = ... to ... do ... done
>     >
>     > will (mostly) work as (un)expected!
>
>     Really? People actually do that?
>
> Stéphane, if you quote me, please don't erase the smilies, I use
> them rarely enough!
>
> The above was a joke, but I was really surprised to see that
>
>     for (+) = 1 to 5 do Printf.printf "%d\n" ((+) * 2) done
>
> actually works. I still wonder, if there is a useful application
> for this "feature".
I think we really need a hand written parser sometime :-)
>
> Bye,
>
> Hendrik
>