From: Ernesto Posse <mposada@impsat.net.co>
To: Caml List <caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr>
Subject: Type constraints
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 13:56:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <338DD17B.62C6@impsat.net.co> (raw)
[My apologies for not including a French Version]
Hello. I have the folowing problem. I need to define some interrelated
types as follows:
type 'a node = {x: 'a; y: t1}
and t1 = A | B of t1*t1
and t2 = C | D of (string * t2) node
The interpreter prints the inferred type:
type 'a node = { x: 'a; y: t1 } constraint 'a = string * t2
type t1 = | A | B of t1 * t1
type t2 = | C | D of (string * t2) node
Now, if I add another constructor:
type 'a node = {x: 'a; y: t1}
and t1 = A | B of t1*t1
and t2 = C | D of (string * t2) node | E of bool node
I obtain this message:
Characters 98-102:
This type parameter bool should be an instance of type string * t2
A solution to this would be something like:
type ('a,'b) node = {x: 'a; y: 'b}
and t1 = A | B of t1*t1
and t2 = C | D of (string * t2, t1) node | E of (bool, t1) node
This works, but I am not sure to understand the type clash in the former
example. Why did the type synthetizer infer that constraint?
Thank you for any insights on this.
--
Ernesto Posse
Ingeniero de Sistemas y Computacion
(Systems and Computing Engineer)
Universidad de los Andes
Santafe de Bogota
Colombia
e-mail: mposada@impsat.net.co
next reply other threads:[~1997-05-30 6:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-05-29 18:56 Ernesto Posse [this message]
1997-05-30 7:41 ` Pascal Brisset
1997-05-30 9:24 ` Didier Rousseau
1997-05-30 10:01 ` Vale'rie Me'nissier-Morain
1997-05-30 11:09 ` Wolfgang Lux
1997-05-30 12:17 ` Jerome Vouillon
2004-12-06 19:55 Jim Farrand
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