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From: "Mattias Waldau" <mattias.waldau@tacton.se>
To: <Pierre.Weis@inria.fr>,
	"Stefan Monnier" <monnier+lists.caml/news/@RUM.cs.yale.edu>
Cc: <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: RE: Functions must be explicitly typed, (was Same label in different types, how do people solve this?)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 14:39:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <HDEEKOMJILGEIHIMAPCDCEBJDMAA.mattias.waldau@tacton.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200012151247.NAA30942@pauillac.inria.fr>

>>> >>>>> "Mattias" == Mattias Waldau <mattias.waldau@abc.se> writes:
>>> > I don't really see the use of infering types for functions. It works
for one

I was wrong! It is very nice to have type inference for local and anynomous
functions.

>>
>> I would like to note that type inference (i.e. code without
>> annotations) helps a lot when developing programs: the annotation free
>> code is not only easier to write but also easier to maintain since it
>> is kind of ``auto-adaptative'' and resistant to reorganisations and
>> names modifications.

If this were important, we shouldn't have different operators for * and *.
I had to change a program from integers to float recently, and it isn't fun
at all.

/mattias




  reply	other threads:[~2000-12-15 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-06 21:22 Same label in different types, how do people solve this? Mattias Waldau
2000-12-07 16:49 ` John Max Skaller
2000-12-07 18:34 ` Maxence Guesdon
2000-12-07 23:02 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2000-12-08  1:22 ` Jacques Garrigue
2000-12-08  9:31   ` Sven LUTHER
2000-12-08  9:36     ` Pierre Weis
2000-12-08  9:48       ` Sven LUTHER
2000-12-08 18:41       ` John Max Skaller
2000-12-08  9:40     ` Nicolas barnier
2000-12-08 16:36 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-12-11 17:19   ` Pierre Weis
2000-12-10 12:49 ` Mattias Waldau
2000-12-11 18:23   ` Chris Hecker
2000-12-11 19:17     ` Pierre Weis
2000-12-12 10:02       ` Sven LUTHER
2000-12-12  3:25     ` Chet Murthy
2000-12-12 17:43       ` John Max Skaller
2000-12-12 19:24         ` Functions must be explicitly typed, (was Same label in different types, how do people solve this?) Mattias Waldau
2000-12-13  0:51           ` John Max Skaller
2000-12-15 10:13             ` Andreas Rossberg
2000-12-15 12:50             ` Frank Atanassow
2000-12-14 18:42           ` Stefan Monnier
2000-12-15 12:47             ` Pierre Weis
2000-12-15 13:39               ` Mattias Waldau [this message]
2000-12-15 23:37                 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-12-16 14:10                 ` ROverloading John Max Skaller
2000-12-15 21:51         ` Same label in different types, how do people solve this? Bruce Hoult
2000-12-12 17:19   ` John Max Skaller

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