From: Jeremy Yallop <yallop@gmail.com>
To: Caml List <caml-list@inria.fr>
Cc: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GADTs and associative container
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:28:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAxsn=GFfbspEc0DzecMXs_9ozKM=uiNUtef94EuX1PgCRVypA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130711141735.GC26521@frosties>
On 11 July 2013 15:17, Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de> wrote:
> Can't GADT using functions be passed as arguments without stuffing
> them into a class object?
Yes. There are several ways to do so. The code in the thread that
Alain mentioned uses what is probably the best approach in this case.
> This boxing and unboxing feels wrong. It's wastefull because you
> create dummy objects for the Pair. The key part is a repetition of
> what is already the key in the table. Only the value is actualy
> new information.
[...]
> So I still wonder if one couldn't build a (better) associative
> container from scratch that supports GADTs to describe the type
> dependency between the key and the value without that custom unpack
> function. How much of the above is just there to make it work with the
> standard polymorphic Hahstbl.t?
These issues are also discussed in the thread that Alain mentioned.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-11 14:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-09 20:43 Goswin von Brederlow
2013-07-09 20:52 ` Lukasz Stafiniak
2013-07-10 9:52 ` Leo White
2013-07-10 10:16 ` Alain Frisch
2013-07-10 2:22 ` Jeremy Yallop
2013-07-11 14:17 ` Goswin von Brederlow
2013-07-11 14:28 ` Jeremy Yallop [this message]
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