From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@sympa.inria.fr Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.83]) by sympa.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EF8C7EEEF for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:47:49 +0200 (CEST) Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of mshinwell@janestreet.com) identity=pra; client-ip=38.105.200.112; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="mshinwell@janestreet.com"; x-sender="mshinwell@janestreet.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible Received-SPF: Pass (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: domain of mshinwell@janestreet.com designates 38.105.200.112 as permitted sender) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=38.105.200.112; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="mshinwell@janestreet.com"; x-sender="mshinwell@janestreet.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible; x-record-type="v=spf1" Received-SPF: None (mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr: no sender authenticity information available from domain of postmaster@mxout1.mail.janestreet.com) identity=helo; client-ip=38.105.200.112; receiver=mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr; envelope-from="mshinwell@janestreet.com"; x-sender="postmaster@mxout1.mail.janestreet.com"; x-conformance=sidf_compatible X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0BWAQDyOohVnHDIaSZchEMGgxjCVQKBMwdMAQEBAQEBEgEBAQEBBhYJT4QjAQEEEhEdAQE3AQ8LCwMKAgImAgIiEgEFARwGEyKIDQOoGj4xik9whGQBBZErAQEBAQEBBAEBAQEBAQEVBgqBF4okhQYHgmiBQ5QCiXCBXpZnEiOBFReECW6CSAEBAQ X-IPAS-Result: A0BWAQDyOohVnHDIaSZchEMGgxjCVQKBMwdMAQEBAQEBEgEBAQEBBhYJT4QjAQEEEhEdAQE3AQ8LCwMKAgImAgIiEgEFARwGEyKIDQOoGj4xik9whGQBBZErAQEBAQEBBAEBAQEBAQEVBgqBF4okhQYHgmiBQ5QCiXCBXpZnEiOBFReECW6CSAEBAQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,660,1427752800"; d="scan'208";a="166690266" Received: from mxout1.mail.janestreet.com ([38.105.200.112]) by mail2-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA; 22 Jun 2015 18:47:48 +0200 Received: from tot-qpr-mailcore2.delacy.com ([172.27.56.106] helo=tot-qpr-mailcore2) by mxout1.mail.janestreet.com with smtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Z74st-0008B6-V9 for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:47:47 -0400 X-JS-Flow: external Received: by tot-qpr-mailcore2 with JS-mailcore (0.1) (envelope-from ) id BViDwz-AAACkg-dy; 2015-06-22 12:47:47.953905-04:00 Received: from mail-oi0-f47.google.com ([209.85.218.47]) by mxgoog1.mail.janestreet.com with esmtps (UNKNOWN:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Z74st-00032m-Qz for caml-list@inria.fr; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:47:47 -0400 Received: by oigb199 with SMTP id b199so84221244oig.3 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:47:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=janestreet.com; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=K2oYUVb3W2jdFMFSsIyM9CC+ObAWmb9I/C2UJKw319o=; b=lYp0WiZg56ob7o4SiOfgWY+C3Gg7eiJQGwrYNw/YWIhEWgo3e59eMi+AGX4u3oZ/gc wZwUKAhmPH3sANdXTjh8n90u8pUgb6fViIT/7DATL/eJWJpFqcDIheJacXK/Heg+78cP I39V+3XvTo7qtXUUOfWFWWKpLS82vLirqWFtY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=K2oYUVb3W2jdFMFSsIyM9CC+ObAWmb9I/C2UJKw319o=; b=jPXkHXsZKs4Pn1NiJKFgmD8Dtnmw3+v3VBLY5IT6Qfdo4sKfsTnKdSb1XFzVStBbFq SQysyRo/h9GKXh8EhrdbeRxI9/kxid/M48uy2itiYyIEV4tanMqVbLwdimykjTN03Vto dvYJjBks3QCWKTLCds2oQyGvjisU/ZB+5yNHYKc7H0gFfJcOzv7p8C3hVSUVXex3sjZs Ow00jmFXRa5+1PVu2Jla96/fLNrWzkvu25IOlsG+dotiUt4LFeRNg0NMXu3bM5QhDLTg ZY3M7VpfV1s2UznCgQcTiE1Lek1WrhgHpowyKpHEY7YLRe32J3aw4MHC9nMFMK9l1asC wiwA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl30KwZEgkUK5PUBYCHzUZF0Juw0zChnWUbVuorOu1WD7bRnJDe9wauNPS+UfmQ6V5ef/uytyx6coOkqHJJS+Z5V44iCWHEiNj6RlEKBr82TIjuQABO0mcsNvPq0oKRS4jQPJV+ X-Received: by 10.202.83.70 with SMTP id h67mr24203348oib.119.1434991667472; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:47:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.83.70 with SMTP id h67mr24203340oib.119.1434991667398; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:47:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.170.21 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 09:47:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1434990659.31996.30.camel@e130.lan.sumadev.de> References: <1434982765.31996.19.camel@e130.lan.sumadev.de> <1434990659.31996.30.camel@e130.lan.sumadev.de> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:47:47 +0100 Message-ID: From:Mark Shinwell To:Gerd Stolpmann Cc:Thomas Refis , Damien Doligez , Alan Schmitt , OCaml Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-JS-Processed-by: mailcore X-Validation-by: mshinwell@janestreet.com Subject: Re: [Caml-list] use of ";;" when teaching Ocaml On 22 June 2015 at 17:30, Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > Also, I actually don't see why not using ";;" is considered cleaner. > It's a bit like writing sentences without full stop There is a "full stop", though: it's a blank line. In my book, the code of functions shouldn't contain blank lines (I've found this to often be a good sign that the function is too long and/or complicated). Mark