From: John Max Skaller <skaller@ozemail.com.au>
To: Chris Hecker <checker@d6.com>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 05:18:12 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AB8F064.8940E09@ozemail.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103202000540.20707-100000@shell16.ba.best.com>
Chris Hecker wrote:
>
> > There are only two options. [And non-local classes are _always_ extern]
> > This is not so in Ocaml: you may wish to provide access to a component
> > such as a function with a type more constrained than the actual
> > implementation.
>
> Yes yes yes, I know this. I'm saying I understand why I need to type
> stuff if there's a difference betwen the .ml and .mli versions (hiding
> stuff, restricting stuff, abstracting stuff), and that's fine. I'm
> asking why I need to retype stuff if it's identical.
You don't. There is a tool:
ocamlc -i fred.ml > fred.mli
which will generate the mli file for you. (Use the -i option on the
compiler).
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-22 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-18 23:05 Chris Hecker
2001-03-19 0:01 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-03-19 11:04 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-19 11:41 ` Chris Hecker
2001-03-20 17:43 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-21 4:03 ` Chris Hecker
2001-03-21 5:10 ` Patrick M Doane
2001-03-21 9:27 ` Chris Hecker
2001-03-21 18:20 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-22 0:03 ` Patrick M Doane
2001-03-22 0:22 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-03-22 10:26 ` [Caml-list] duplication implementation/interface Judicael Courant
2001-03-22 11:16 ` [Caml-list] about typedefs... (was: duplication implementation/interface) Olivier Andrieu
2001-03-22 17:14 ` [Caml-list] duplication implementation/interface Brian Rogoff
2001-03-22 9:11 ` [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files Francois Pottier
2001-03-21 23:24 ` John Prevost
2001-03-22 0:00 ` Patrick M Doane
2001-03-21 18:18 ` John Max Skaller [this message]
2001-03-21 18:19 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-22 11:40 ` Markus Mottl
2001-03-21 18:41 ` Xavier Leroy
2001-03-22 0:23 ` Patrick M Doane
2001-03-22 12:02 ` Hendrik Tews
2001-03-22 13:01 ` Markus Mottl
2001-03-22 16:56 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-03-22 17:13 ` Daniel de Rauglaudre
2001-03-23 17:30 ` Fergus Henderson
2001-03-23 18:04 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-03-23 20:35 ` [Caml-list] Why People Aren't Using OCAML? (was Haskell) Mattias Waldau
2001-03-26 2:29 ` [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files Fergus Henderson
2001-03-27 22:11 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-28 4:30 ` Brian Rogoff
2001-04-05 17:07 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-27 8:21 ` Hendrik Tews
2001-03-30 10:27 ` [Caml-list] parser combinators Kevin Backhouse
2001-04-08 18:28 ` Daniel de Rauglaudre
2001-03-22 11:55 [Caml-list] recursive modules redux, & interface files Dave Berry
2001-03-22 12:01 ` Markus Mottl
2001-03-27 6:29 ` John Max Skaller
2001-03-22 18:04 Dave Berry
2001-03-23 7:54 ` Tom Hirschowitz
2001-03-23 12:18 ` Fabrice Le Fessant
2001-03-27 8:49 ` Hendrik Tews
2001-03-23 10:33 Dave Berry
2001-03-23 20:33 Don Syme
2001-03-27 9:00 ` Xavier Leroy
2001-03-27 14:38 Don Syme
2001-03-27 17:05 Manuel Fahndrich
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