From: "Daniel Bünzli" <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch>
To: Francois Berenger <berenger@riken.jp>
Cc: caml-list <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Why should I use .mli files?
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:19:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F0636EA0C1564CDC9F5195243D7D5ADE@erratique.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <508F22BD.7010103@riken.jp>
Le mardi, 30 octobre 2012 à 01:43, Francois Berenger a écrit :
> Also, maybe I only work on toy-size OCaml projects. So, I never
> bothrered to create any .mli file.
> I would like to know if I should bother about them.
For me, a program that lacks mli files means lack of design, abstraction and documentation and hence equates with rubbish.
For example at a certain point you (or others) will read your code. At that moment simple things like being able to distinguish between functions/types that are local to a module and those that are used by other part of the program is immensely useful. And that's only one of the purpose of mli files.
In fact mli files are the first thing I write when I design programs.
Best,
Daniel
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Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-30 0:43 Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 1:04 ` Peter Groves
2012-10-30 2:21 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 1:15 ` malc
2012-10-30 2:24 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 10:23 ` malc
2012-10-30 1:19 ` Daniel Bünzli [this message]
2012-10-30 2:36 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 3:26 ` Anthony Tavener
2012-10-30 12:28 ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 0:53 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 2:21 ` gallais @ ensl.org
2012-10-30 6:12 ` Anton Lavrik
2012-10-30 9:18 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-30 10:01 ` Malcolm Matalka
2012-10-30 11:03 ` Richard W.M. Jones
2012-10-30 11:41 ` [Caml-list] " Hongbo Zhang
2012-10-30 13:31 ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-31 1:03 ` Francois Berenger
2012-10-31 1:44 ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 9:51 ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:32 ` [Caml-list] " Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:45 ` Anton Lavrik
2012-10-30 14:49 ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-30 14:51 ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-30 14:47 ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:06 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-30 16:21 ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:46 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-30 21:25 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-30 22:18 ` Oliver Bandel
2012-10-31 9:25 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31 9:59 ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 13:22 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 13:38 ` Daniel Bünzli
2012-10-31 13:55 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 13:43 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-11-01 0:38 ` Francois Berenger
2012-11-01 0:42 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-11-01 0:52 ` Francois Berenger
2012-11-01 2:06 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-11-01 2:37 ` Francois Berenger
2012-11-01 2:44 ` Jacques Garrigue
2012-11-01 7:45 ` Andreas Rossberg
2012-10-31 10:20 ` Alain Frisch
2012-10-31 13:50 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 15:12 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31 16:48 ` Edgar Friendly
2012-10-31 17:15 ` Gabriel Scherer
2012-10-31 19:05 ` Tiphaine Turpin
2012-10-30 7:43 ` Mike Lin
2012-10-30 15:52 ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-30 15:56 ` Romain Bardou
2012-10-30 16:14 ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-31 21:30 ` Oliver Bandel
2012-11-01 15:26 ` Didier Cassirame
2012-10-31 15:32 ` Alain Frisch
2012-10-31 17:32 ` Tiphaine Turpin
2012-10-31 21:40 ` Oliver Bandel
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2012-10-31 14:32 ` Radu Grigore
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2012-11-01 11:38 ` Radu Grigore
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