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From: Nicolas Ojeda Bar <nojb@math.harvard.edu>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: extending records with Obj.magic
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:04:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <231FBA54-C413-4696-AA70-216253EDF2DA@math.harvard.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100830204956.2D927BC5D@yquem.inria.fr>

Hello,

I need extensible records, and the code below seems to
work. Are there any pitfall that I should be aware of?
Could this mess up the GC?

# type t0 = { a : int };
# type t1 = { a2 : int; b : int };
# value x1 = { a2 = 3; b = 5 };
# value x0 : t0 = Obj.magic x1;
value x0 = { a = 3 }
# value x0' : t1 = Obj.magic x0;
value x0' = { a2 = 3; b = 5 }

(supposedly t1 is an extension of t0). The types are
being generated by a program, so I am not worried about
actually having to _write_ this myself.

Thanks!
N


       reply	other threads:[~2010-08-30 21:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20100830204956.2D927BC5D@yquem.inria.fr>
2010-08-30 21:04 ` Nicolas Ojeda Bar [this message]
2010-08-30 21:11   ` [Caml-list] " bluestorm
2010-08-30 21:43   ` Martin Jambon
2010-09-06 15:24     ` Goswin von Brederlow
2010-09-02 13:06   ` Bruno Barras

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