[Caml-list] Question

["sebastien FURIC" <sebastien.furic@tni-valiosys.com>]

 Hi,

 What do you think of the following code?

# type toto = Toto of int | Titi of string;;
type toto = Toto of int | Titi of string
# let test t t' = match t, t' with
  | ((Toto _ | Titi _), Toto x | Toto x, (Toto _ | Titi _)) when x = 0
-> "OK"
  | _ -> "KO";;
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Warning: this pattern is unused.
  | ((Toto _ | Titi _), Toto x | Toto x, (Toto _ | Titi _)) when x = 0
-> "OK"
                                          ^^^^^^
val test : toto -> toto -> string = <fun>
# test (Toto 0) (Toto 1);;
- : string = "KO"

 I was expecting "when" to be right distributive over "|". I find
OCaml's behaviour not very intuitive in such a situation. The correct
code is:

# let test t t' = match t, t' with
  | (Toto _ | Titi _), Toto x when x = 0 -> "OK"
  | Toto x, (Toto _ | Titi _) when x = 0 -> "OK"
  | _ -> "KO";;
val test : toto -> toto -> string = <fun>
# test (Toto 0) (Toto 1);;
- : string = "OK"

 Is there a good reason for this?

 Cheers,

 Sébastien.

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