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From: Chris Hecker <checker@d6.com>
To: Pierre Weis <pierre.weis@inria.fr>, brogoff@speakeasy.net
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax of private constructors in CVS version
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:00:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030630115836.0314dae0@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200306301839.UAA20778@pauillac.inria.fr>


[Excellent rationale for private types snipped.]

>In contrast with abstract data types, the private types still maintain
>the elegant pattern matching facility of ML outside the module that
>defines the type.

So, when do we get views to solve this problem for abstract types?  If 
pattern matching is so great (which it is) it seems a crime to not allow it 
on abstract types (another great feature).  To make an american candy joke, 
peanut butter and chocolate taste great together!

Chris

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-30 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-27 20:50 Shaddin Doghmi
2003-06-27 21:15 ` brogoff
2003-06-27 22:10   ` Shaddin Doghmi
2003-06-28  2:24     ` brogoff
2003-06-30 18:39       ` Pierre Weis
2003-06-30 19:00         ` Chris Hecker [this message]
2003-06-30 21:36           ` brogoff
2003-07-01 10:47           ` Pierre Weis
2003-07-01  7:43         ` Hendrik Tews
2003-07-01 10:37         ` Yaron M. Minsky
2003-07-01 10:51         ` Yaron M. Minsky
2003-07-01 17:05           ` Pierre Weis
2003-07-01 17:20             ` brogoff
2003-07-03 11:46         ` John Max Skaller
2003-07-07 22:31           ` Pierre Weis
2003-07-13  9:11             ` John Max Skaller
2003-07-15  8:02               ` Laurent Vibert
2003-07-15  8:22                 ` Pierre Weis

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