Re: [Caml-list] right-associating infix application operator camlp4 extension

[Jean-Marie Gaillourdet <jmg@gaillourdet.net>]

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Hi,

osiire@k8.dion.ne.jp schrieb:
> Maybe "@" and "^" are right-associated.
> 
> # let ( ^$ ) f x = f x;;
> val ( ^$ ) : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b = <fun>
> # print_string ^$ List.fold_left (fun x sum -> sum ^ x) "" ^$ ["1";"2";"3"];;
> 321- : unit = ()
> 
> # let ( @$ )  f x = f x;;
> val ( @$ ) : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b = <fun>
> #  print_string @$ List.fold_left (fun x sum -> sum ^ x) "" @$ ["1";"2";"3"];;
> 321- : unit = ()

I think this peace of code make the distinction clearer.

# let (^) a b = a,b;;
val ( ^ ) : 'a -> 'b -> 'a * 'b = <fun>
# let (-) a b = a,b;;
val ( - ) : 'a -> 'b -> 'a * 'b = <fun>

Compare the types of the following to expressions:

# 1 - 2 - 3;;
- - : (int * int) * int = ((1, 2), 3)
# 1 ^ 2 ^ 3;;
- - : int * (int * int) = (1, (2, 3))
#

Is that kind of behaviour documented? I wasn't able to find it in the
docs. Which other operator names are right associative?

Jean-Marie Gaillourdet

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