Re: [Caml-list] "Warning U: this match case is unused." -- Yes, I know

[Edgar Friendly <thelema314@gmail.com>]

David Teller wrote:
>    Dear list,
> 
>  I'm currently working on a little Camlp4 extension which has to often
> generate pattern-matching clauses depending on user code -- and deal
> with match failures accordingly. 
> 
> Now, I guess
> 
> 1. I can wrap the user's pattern-matching inside a try...with, catch any
> Match_failure and deal with it. 
This seems hackish.

> 2. I can add a catch-all clause " _ -> deal_with_error ". While the
> semantics of this rewriting are exactly what I need, the compiler tends
> to print "Warning U: this match case is unused" whenever the user has
> already taken care of all cases. 
It may seem that you've taken care of all cases, but keep in mind that
the compiler looks at a match case containing a 'when' clause and
assumes that clause can cause the match to fail, independent of all
other terms.

i.e. if you write:
match 123 with
	| x when x mod 2 = 1 -> "Odd"
	| x when x mod 2 = 0 -> "Even"

The compiler can't see that you've covered all cases.  Even the
following generates a warning:
match 123 with x when true -> "TRUE" | x when false -> "FALSE"

The way I write this style of matching goes like this:
match 123 with
	| x when x mod 2 = 1 -> "Odd"
	| x (* x mod 2 = 0 *) -> "Even"

Can you structure your matches this way?

E.