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From: Damien.Doligez@inria.fr (Damien Doligez)
To: Pierre.Weis@inria.fr, caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr
Subject: Re:  Question point fixe
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 94 20:17:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9410181917.AA27432@couchey.inria.fr> (raw)

>From: Vincent Poirriez
>
>Why is it impossible to write:
>
>let rec monf = build monf;;

Because the compiler does not want to know anything about "build"
(except its type) when it compiles "monf".  Thus it doesn't know
whether "build" will use its argument or not.  If "build" does use its
argument, there is no way to make this work.  This is the same as
writing:

let rec x = succ x;;




             reply	other threads:[~1994-10-18 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1994-10-18 19:17 Damien Doligez [this message]
1994-10-19  8:59 ` Xavier Leroy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1994-10-18 10:42 Pierre Weis

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