From: Dmitri Boulytchev <db@tepkom.ru>
To: William W Smith <sesquized@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] type abbreviation is cyclic
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:38:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <471FBB42.3060809@tepkom.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <344522.90449.qm@web82102.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
... and you can overcome this restriction with -rectypes option of course :)
BR
DB
SPBSU
> I wonder whether this error is an example of the language being
> defined more restrictively than required. What is the reason that I
> get these results?
>
> type a = int -> one -> int and one = Unused | One of a;;
> type b = int -> b -> int
>
> type a is accepted while type b is not. (b gives "The type
> abbreviation b is cyclic" However, in the uses that I intended, there
> won't be any actual difference between the two.
>
> I'd appreciate an explanation about why there is difference between a
> and b.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill Smith
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-24 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-24 17:27 William W Smith
2007-10-24 17:40 ` [Caml-list] " Till Varoquaux
2007-10-24 22:01 ` Dmitri Boulytchev
2007-10-24 17:44 ` Brian Hurt
2007-10-24 18:09 ` Till Varoquaux
2007-10-24 20:40 ` Jon Harrop
2007-10-25 1:34 ` Dmitri Boulytchev
2007-10-24 21:36 ` Dmitri Boulytchev
2007-10-24 21:38 ` Dmitri Boulytchev [this message]
2007-10-25 11:22 William Smith
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