From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B23CBC69 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:40:57 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.roomandboard.com (mail.roomandboard.com [66.84.219.55]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l29GetES006858 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:40:56 +0100 Received: from selma.roomandboard.com ([192.168.101.46]) by mail.roomandboard.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:40:51 -0600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: RE: [Caml-list] Operator overloading Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:40:50 -0600 Message-ID: <3D1E4D9CA9BCE04D8F2B55F203AE4CE30666AB96@selma.roomandboard.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [Caml-list] Operator overloading Thread-Index: AcdiabIysWA5v1DcTzmb3qbFbqfqig== From: "Robert Fischer" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Mar 2007 16:40:51.0551 (UTC) FILETIME=[B2E0BEF0:01C76269] X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45F18E17.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; overloading:01 inference:01 overloading:01 inference:01 foo:01 functors:01 formalize:01 annotations:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 bug:01 beginners:01 caml-list:01 caml-list:01 zimmerman:01 Exactly. If I was just going for inference and brevity, I'd still be = coding in Perl. ~~ Robert. -----Original Message----- From: caml-list-bounces@yquem.inria.fr [mailto:caml-list-bounces@yquem.inria.fr]On Behalf Of Ian Zimmerman Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:28 AM To: Jon Harrop Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Operator overloading > But aren't we all here because we like inference and brevity? Inference: On condition it is _controlled_. I.e. seeing operator used on a complex type, I need to know I have seen its definition and satisfied myself that it has the expected semantic properties. That's just what functors formalize. Brevity: There's the pesky tradeoff with some type annotations being required when you introduce overloading. _______________________________________________ Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs