From: Vitaly Lugovsky <vsl@ontil.ihep.su>
To: <leary@nwlink.com>
Cc: caml <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Newbie: declarations
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:08:28 +0400 (MSD) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0106171406290.20599-100000@ontil.ihep.su> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010616170909.B10922@jean>
On Sat, 16 Jun 2001 leary@nwlink.com wrote:
> Is there a way to declare a variable and not initialize it, like C?
>
> int i;
> i = 0;
It's an almost functional language, so please avoid variables. And use
references only when you really need 'em. Refer to the Guide about
references and named tuples.
> More to the point, is there a way to declare a record variable without
> listing/initializing all the fields? If yes, what are the default values?
You have to initialize 'em always. 'cause you're using a strictly typed
language.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-17 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-17 0:09 leary
2001-06-17 10:08 ` Vitaly Lugovsky [this message]
2001-06-18 2:19 ` leary
2001-06-18 15:18 ` Remi VANICAT
2001-06-18 20:19 ` [Caml-list] Good introduction for the working programmer in Objective CAML Mattias Waldau
2001-06-18 20:35 ` Miles Egan
2001-06-18 20:49 ` leary
2001-06-17 15:33 ` [Caml-list] Newbie: declarations David Fox
2001-06-18 14:52 ` FabienFleutot
2001-06-19 8:11 ` Frédéric van der Plancke
2001-06-19 10:22 ` Sven LUTHER
2001-06-19 12:25 ` Frank Atanassow
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