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From: Chris Hecker <checker@d6.com>
To: Brian Hurt <brian.hurt@qlogic.com>,
	Stefan Heimann <lists@stefanheimann.net>
Cc: <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Automatic generation of mli files
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 11:30:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030606112653.039b1838@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0306061027580.2857-100000@eagle.ancor.com>


>Not sure what advantage this would gain.  Step #1 is about as difficult as
>simply writting the .mli file directly.

Yeah, but not if things are changing a lot and you have big types and 
whatnot.  Cutting and pasting or doing the ocaml -i thing is a bit of a 
pain.  I could see it being a useful tool.  Basically anything that 
eliminates repetition is a positive.

>I don't have a problem with .mli files being seperate from .ml files for
>two reasons:
>1) .mli is your external interface-
>2) The compiler checks the signature of the .mli file

Don't forget "3) having a separate interface allows you to decouple 
implementations which is important for large scale software".  Oh wait.

:/

Chris

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-06-06 18:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-06  9:57 Stefan Heimann
2003-06-06 11:53 ` Maxence Guesdon
2003-06-06 15:33 ` Brian Hurt
2003-06-06 15:59   ` Stefan Heimann
2003-06-06 16:17     ` Ville-Pertti Keinonen
2003-06-06 18:30   ` Chris Hecker [this message]
2003-06-06 19:16     ` Brian Hurt
2003-06-06 19:21       ` Chris Hecker
2003-06-06 21:06         ` Manos Renieris
2003-06-06 22:06           ` Chris Hecker
2003-06-06 20:24       ` Stefan Heimann
2003-06-06 20:38         ` Jeffrey J. Cook
     [not found]           ` <200306091226.13255.yangsx@fltrp.com>
2003-06-09  4:59             ` Yang Shouxun
2003-06-09  8:10               ` Stefan Heimann
2003-06-07  0:27       ` John Max Skaller

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