From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id UAA04524; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:54:07 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA04795 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:54:06 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.cswv.com (smtp1.cswv.com [4.17.129.17]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f8BIs5L11367 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:54:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.cswv.com ([4.17.129.17]) by smtp1.cswv.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:55:08 -0400 Received: FROM exchange1.cswv.com BY smtp1.cswv.com ; Tue Sep 11 14:55:07 2001 -0400 Received: by exchange1.cswv.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:58:12 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Krishnaswami, Neel" To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Style question Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:58:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Brian Rogoff [mailto:bpr@best.com] wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Andreas Rossberg wrote: > > > > My personal opinion is that using modules is preferable even in SML, > > its local being an anachronism from the pre-module days, just like > > abstype. I almost never use it. It only comes in handy in conjunction > > with open: > > Right, but I assume you know the workaround, since you decribe it in a > followup, and I assume you've read this page > > http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~rossberg/SMLvsOcaml.html > > I just wish the author would update the section on localdecs > to mention using modules instead of local open :-) Is this a subtle joke that I'm missing? Andreas Rossberg *wrote* that page! -- Neel Krishnaswami neelk@cswcasa.com ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr