From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10ADBBC57 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:29:36 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtgCANpOI0xKfVI2kWdsb2JhbACfMQgVAQEBAQkJDAcPJLFAggmFZC6IUwEBAwWFHASDWQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.53,475,1272837600"; d="scan'208";a="53854073" Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com ([74.125.82.54]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 Jun 2010 21:29:35 +0200 Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so2251169wwb.27 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Ja3a4+jZlQFHZRRQslw6nyF0wlBwp0DbHbvn+mhA7f0=; b=d5Ed4HvHW17UwirbOvqHVla5Ld/tmeACqJHBtlcuB9/ZRzTanrzQPRYxtkobDavDB0 4IhKiOSAUoLYM0ZBaFiElFJ5oRJ0H1LTqQlPktDYrnbuO7CSbZA9ALI2iRXZkqMhSb3i pW37HYbiVvQkYEpszvbAi4WABmdoU4FmCk0E0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Rx9LYwH/8qoJ/HyLrQ3clrFYcqg9Th/FEcaI5FAfZNjtFQnTnPUcWyAjNsdf9Ibz+9 7MwQpSLQc0/iQZuN9o1YkqOVv7KVdmt1o3SV/G/kYUUI8MEZWlhZMtjiq9UwUERJ1j8V RMX4P3/aHibab+sebX/uo9wwDWQhtIAgAFVyw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.170.9 with SMTP id o9mr7793886wel.45.1277407774964; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.134.8 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100624205906.48451eor602oaf3u@webmail.imag.fr> References: <4C232778.2020605@imag.fr> <4C2399B0.4060503@ens-lyon.org> <20100624205906.48451eor602oaf3u@webmail.imag.fr> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:29:34 +0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml 3.12.0+beta1 From: Dmitry Bely To: Caml List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ens-lyon:01 syntax:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 compile:01 compiles:01 dmitry:01 dmitry:01 caml-list:01 minor:01 jambon:01 jambon:01 bely:01 bely:01 On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:59 PM, wrote: > Martin Jambon a =E9crit=A0: >> >> I disagree. =A0The syntax is a new and optional feature. =A0Authors who = want >> their >> new code to compile with an earlier version of OCaml should simply avoid >> using >> the new feature, as always. > > The 3.12 version number is just minor increment. It should keep backward > compatibility with the 3.x branch as much as possible. I'm sorry but where do you see a violation of backward compatibility? Can you provide an example that compiles OK with Ocaml 3.11 and generates an error with Ocaml 3.12? - Dmitry Bely