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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] object constructor syntax compiler weirdness
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> Parentheses in class definitions are useless, so there is no reason to
> add a begin .. end construct. I suppose that the first syntax is only
> allowed as a degenerated case of
>    class c =3D (object ... end : ct)

Well, despite the parentheses being useless, I feel this should not be
a syntax error:

class type x =3D object val y : int end
>> fine
class type x =3D (object val y : int end)
>> syntax error

since:

module type X =3D sig val y : int end
>> fine
module type X =3D (sig val y : int end)
>> fine