[Caml-list] Modules and record fields

[Ollie Frolovs <ollie.frolovs.2012@my.bristol.ac.uk>]

Hello

I was using some colours in my program and thought that it would be a good idea to put colour constants into a separate module. 

module Solarized = struct
  type colour = {r:int; g:int;  b:int}

  let base03 = {r=0x00; g=0x2b; b=0x36}
  let orange = {r=0xcb; g=0x4b; b=0x16}
  (* etc etc *)
end

I need three separate RGB components because I’m using an API which needs them separately, rather than in some pre-packed way.

I was planning to use the module like this

let module S = Solarized in
Sdl.set_render_draw_color ren S.orange.r S.orange.g S.orange.b 0xff
(* etc etc *)

that is, to locally open the module and refer to the colours and their subcomponent.

But this does not work. It appears for some reason that I have to address the subcomponents as

Solarized.orange.Solarized.r

which defeats the purpose! Is there any other way to achieve my goal?

Best regards

Ollie