From: Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com>
To: Drup <drupyog+caml@zoho.com>
Cc: Andrea Giugliano <ag400@leicester.ac.uk>,
caml users <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Parse error with camlp4 while sources compile
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:47:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPFanBGtwuer7xggg9i+ONwH4ZhRw_MtbravOQmWxKJLLSgVhw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53EBB027.9090009@zoho.com>
Indeed, the manual says that modtype-name may be any identifier, not
just a capitalized one:
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/names.html#modtype-name
I've never seen any source code using this, though.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Drup <drupyog+caml@zoho.com> wrote:
> Le 13/08/2014 18:28, Gabriel Scherer a écrit :
>
>> Module type names, as module names, must start with an uppercase
>> letter. Rename the signature into A or ASig, and you will be fine (for
>> this particular error).
>
> In this case, camlp4 is wrong (and in my experience, it's often wrong ..).
> Module type names can start with a lower case letter.
>
> # module type a = sig end ;;
> module type a = sig end
>
> It's considered bad style, and is little know, since camlp4 get it wrong,
> but it works.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-13 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-13 15:30 Andrea Giugliano
2014-08-13 16:28 ` Gabriel Scherer
2014-08-13 18:36 ` Drup
2014-08-13 18:47 ` Gabriel Scherer [this message]
2014-08-13 22:43 ` Andrea Giugliano
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