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From: "vrotaru.md@gmail.com" <vrotaru.md@gmail.com>
To: Antoine Rimlet <antoine.rimlet@gmail.com>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] let rec with let ref
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:37:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJgjwegSKAQpG1bJEd45ksW6cr+bNopAhuRwYmUoCBmY+SrOQQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+-Y6WUuM3hkcUBq-gNsbdMmbv7czuPYNXsaFBkRj4fShUe3gg@mail.gmail.com>

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let rec h () = ... then h ()...

will define (and apply a function)

Iet rec value = .. value

is something totally different

În joi, 17 mar. 2016 la 17:33, Antoine Rimlet <antoine.rimlet@gmail.com> a
scris:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write a recursive function that would work like a for loop:
>
> let rec forloop g v u =
>   let x = ref v in let rec h = begin g !x; x := !x + 1; if !x <= u then h
> end
>   in h;;
>
> I know this is horribly far from the functional spirit, but anyway ocaml
> complains that "This kind of expression is not allowed as right-hand side
> of `let rec'". It seems to me that this function definition has a meaning,
> so why is it rejected? What should I do to get it accepted by ocaml?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Antoine
>
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2016-03-17 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-17 15:32 Antoine Rimlet
2016-03-17 15:37 ` vrotaru.md [this message]
2016-03-18 11:36   ` Goswin von Brederlow
2016-03-18 11:55     ` Christoph Höger

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