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 VAA21716; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:02:27 +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 VAA21200 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:02:25 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from relay.pair.com (relay.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id h5UJ2Oj03171 for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:02:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 77971 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2003 19:02:23 -0000 Received: from arda.pair.com (HELO checkerdell.d6.com) (209.68.1.133) by relay.pair.com with SMTP; 30 Jun 2003 19:02:23 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 209.68.1.133 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030630115836.0314dae0@localhost> X-Sender: checker@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:00:38 -0700 To: Pierre Weis , brogoff@speakeasy.net From: Chris Hecker Subject: Re: [Caml-list] syntax of private constructors in CVS version Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <200306301839.UAA20778@pauillac.inria.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Spam: no; 0.00; hecker:01 checker:01 caml-list:01 crime:99 butter:99 chocolate:99 chris:01 constructors:01 syntax:02 module:03 abstract:03 types:03 data:03 elegant:04 seems:05 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk [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 ------------------- 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