Re: [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files

[John Max Skaller <skaller@ozemail.com.au>]

Chris Hecker wrote:
> 
> Two questions/problems:
> 
> 1.  So, I understand that doing recursive types across modules is hard (but I'd say very important for decoupling large software), but is it true that I can't even call across modules recursively? 

	Yes. More precisely, you cannot forward reference any symbol,
however you _can_ call forward by passing a function backward as an
argument.
[This sucks though]

> 2. Also, on a related note, why do the interface file and the implementation file (or equivalently, I believe, the signature and structure) both have to have all the concrete types duplicated? 

	Because types in a given implementation may or may not be present
in the interface.

	IF you have a file containing ONLY types, then there is no need
to have an .ml file for it. If you have even one val (function, class),
you need the .ml file.


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