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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] emacs mode?


On 2011-01-27, at 21:27, Ashish Agarwal wrote:

> The double semicolon is mostly used in the top-level. Although there is sometimes good use of them in source files, it is bad style to include them unnecessarily.

Style is subjective, but note that the double semicolons make it much
easier for random tools (including the compiler) to find out where your
phrases begin and end.

It also makes it easier to copy your code and paste it to the toplevel.

-- Damien