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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] GADT existential escape

Le jeudi, 19 mars 2015 =C3=A0 12:34, Daniel B=C3=BCnzli a =C3=A9crit :
> Now I'm naively trying to backport this using exceptions =E2=80=94 I'm co=
nservative and old fashioned. But I'm failing to type this Eq value, any hi=
nts maybe ?

My guess is that by going through the `exn` type you are loosing the type v=
ariable so it doesn't seem to be possible to use exceptions to encoding the=
 open variant type here.=20=20

Daniel