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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dario Teixeira <darioteixeira@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Private type syntax and error message
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr,
	Jon Harrop <jonathandeanharrop@googlemail.com>
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 cvs:01 cheers:01 abstract:01 abstract:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 constructor:01 construct:02 btw:03 module:03 useless:07 useful:09 feature:09 actually:10 

> What do you expect it to do that might work? If it created
> an abstract type=20
> the type would be useless, having no way to construct or
> destructure values=20
> of that type...

Hi,

I think the idea is that the type would be declared inside
a module that would provide constructor functions.  Moreover,
because private is not abstract, it would allow the outside
world to pattern-match on values of that type.  This is actually
a very useful feature.

Btw, the code works on 3.11 CVS!

Cheers,
Dario Teixeira
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