Re: [Caml-list] Re: records with polymorphic variants?

["Lukasz Stafiniak" <lukstafi@gmail.com>]

On 3/4/07, Zheng Li <li@pps.jussieu.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Eliot Handelman <eliot@generation.net> writes:
> > type f = [ `A of int ]
> >
> > type r = { x : f }
> >
> > but then I can't do this:
> >
> > { x = `B "test" }
> Here you want type f polymorphic, however as the type of a record field, its
> polymorphism has to be reflected (bound) as type parameter in the declaration
> of r.

Yes, but the type f itself is not polymorphic, it is not [> f].
>
> I guess you want the follows
>
> # type 'a r = { x : 'a } constraint 'a = [> f]
> type 'a r = { x : 'a; } constraint 'a = [> f ]
> # {x = "test"}
> Characters 6-12:
>   { x = "test"};;
>         ^^^^^^
> This expression has type string but is here used with type [> f ]
> # {x = `B "test"}
> - : [> `A of int | `B of string ] r = {x = `B "test"}
>
Nice! I didn't realize this is possible. Thanks.