From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id DAA07711; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:17:55 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA07692 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:17:53 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from sunny.pacific.net.au (sunny.pacific.net.au [203.25.148.40]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g3R1Hpf14495 for ; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 03:17:51 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from wisma.pacific.net.au (wisma.pacific.net.au [210.23.129.72]) by sunny.pacific.net.au with ESMTP id g3R1HmXt014273; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:17:49 +1000 (EST) Received: from ozemail.com.au (ppp7.dyn146.pacific.net.au [210.23.146.7]) by wisma.pacific.net.au with ESMTP id LAA26660; Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:17:46 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <3CC9FC39.9090406@ozemail.com.au> Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:17:45 +1000 From: John Max Skaller User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.2.1) Gecko/20010901 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nadji.Gauthier@lip6.fr CC: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Polymorphic Variants and Number Parameterized Types References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Nadji.Gauthier@lip6.fr wrote: >*disclaimer* >This is a long mail, that probably only polymorphic >variant adepts and static typing fanatics (like me) will like. >Moreover I strongly doubt that it could be very useful. >*end of disclaimer* > There is one importance of such demonstrations: they act as a proof that adding integer constants to the static type systems is 'safe and sound'. Of course, C++ is ahead here, it already admits generics parameterised by both types and integers .. -- John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@ozemail.com.au snail:10/1 Toxteth Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia. voice:61-2-9660-0850 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners