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From: Francois Berenger <berenger@riken.jp>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why should I use .mli files?
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:52:56 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5091C7E8.7090007@riken.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5091C584.1010607@gmail.com>

On 11/01/2012 09:42 AM, Edgar Friendly wrote:
> On 10/31/2012 8:38 PM, Francois Berenger wrote:
>> It gives me the impression that with such a tool
>> people would no more need to maintain both a .ml
>> and a .mli file. I like the "centralization" of it.
> It's exactly the opposite that drives people to use .mli files; by
> having a separation between interface and implementation, it's easier
> for people to dig through interfaces to find what's available, instead
> of having to dig through the much lengthier implementation.

If the .mli is generated automatically from the .ml,
including documentation, people can still read their dear
.mli file (once it has been generated).

Maybe the tool should also be able to detect in an efficient manner
that a .mli file is up to date.

And people can still write interface files by writing .ml files
where all implementation is left to 'failwith "not implemented yet"'.

Regards,
F.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-01  0:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-30  0:43 Francois Berenger
2012-10-30  1:04 ` Peter Groves
2012-10-30  2:21   ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30  1:15 ` malc
2012-10-30  2:24   ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 10:23     ` malc
2012-10-30  1:19 ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-30  2:36   ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30  3:26     ` Anthony Tavener
2012-10-30 12:28     ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31  0:53       ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30  2:21 ` gallais @ ensl.org
2012-10-30  6:12 ` Anton Lavrik
2012-10-30  9:18   ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 10:01     ` Malcolm Matalka
2012-10-30 11:03     ` Richard W.M. Jones
2012-10-30 11:41     ` [Caml-list] " Hongbo Zhang
2012-10-30 13:31       ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-31  1:03         ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-31  1:44           ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31  9:51             ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:32   ` [Caml-list] " Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:45     ` Anton Lavrik
2012-10-30 14:49       ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:51       ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-30 14:47     ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:06       ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-30 16:21         ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:46           ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-30 21:25             ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-30 22:18               ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-31  9:25                 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31  9:59                   ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 13:22                     ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 13:38                       ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 13:55                         ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 13:43                       ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-11-01  0:38                         ` Francois Berenger
2012-11-01  0:42                           ` Edgar Friendly
2012-11-01  0:52                             ` Francois Berenger [this message]
2012-11-01  2:06                               ` Edgar Friendly
2012-11-01  2:37                                 ` Francois Berenger
2012-11-01  2:44                                 ` Jacques Garrigue
2012-11-01  7:45                                   ` Andreas Rossberg
2012-10-31 10:20               ` Alain Frisch
2012-10-31 13:50               ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 15:12                 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31 16:48                   ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 17:15                     ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31 19:05                       ` Tiphaine Turpin
2012-10-30  7:43 ` Mike Lin
2012-10-30 15:52 ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-30 15:56   ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:14     ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-31 21:30   ` Oliver Bandel
2012-11-01 15:26     ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-31 15:32 ` Alain Frisch
2012-10-31 17:32   ` Tiphaine Turpin
2012-10-31 21:40     ` Oliver Bandel
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2012-10-31 14:32 ` Radu Grigore
     [not found] ` <fa.pEEaqh4bLDLiRdYkCRHvi9787TQ@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]   ` <fa.JtZOlOTbNCp6rOoRnHhKEARwLDQ@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]     ` <fa.s4gDOdOTZVbthjceZ5OEMxHiH90@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]       ` <fa.rfsHI3X48Zri1S2pu1SEFowmDZg@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found]         ` <fa.KulHINoVpgjN1uI63QvwcxoNuiY@ifi.uio.no>
2012-11-01 11:38           ` Radu Grigore

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