From: Ben Millwood <bmillwood@janestreet.com>
To: Jordan W <jordojw@gmail.com>
Cc: Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>,
"caml-list@inria.fr" <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Mutual recursion propagates individual recursion. Why?
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 09:49:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+MHO53Cj_EZ4YY=M0+vfoeURzpA0ROvKM9N8__80rbO-0OgOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPOA5_5-G-ura60Dr98xjfgja-GJ-B8_TMoqT7Gyx3ipF-cCqQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2 March 2015 at 09:18, Jordan W <jordojw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I suspect #2 would benefit metaprogramming just as well as the `let ..
> and ` example. With metaprogramming, where we wish to isolate the
> environments of several bindings simultaneously, how does a *single*
> one of these bindings opt into self-recursiveness without forcing the
> others into self-recursiveness (and thus "polluting the environment")?
There's always this:
let x = 4
and y = 7
and factorial = let rec f n = if n = 0 then 1 else n * f (n - 1) in f
and z = 12
in
...
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-02 6:25 Jordan W
2015-03-02 7:25 ` Gabriel Scherer
2015-03-02 9:14 ` Ben Millwood
2015-03-02 9:18 ` Jordan W
2015-03-02 9:49 ` Ben Millwood [this message]
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