Re: [Caml-list] function that works on different record types, assuming they have a given field

[David Rajchenbach-Teller <David.Teller@ens-lyon.org>]

Nope, in OCaml, a field name unambiguously identifies the type of the record. On the other hand, you can obtain the same behavior by using objects instead of records:


 # let f x = x#foo;;
val f : < foo : 'a; .. > -> 'a = <fun>

Hope this helps,
 David

On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Joel Reymont wrote:

> Is it possible to write a function that works on different record types that have, say, a field x of type int?
> 
> The records would be in different modules but the field name and type will always be the same. 
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> 	Thanks, Joel
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