Re: [Caml-list] extensible records again

[Julien Signoles <Julien.Signoles@lri.fr>]

> > type x = [`A of +x | `B ]
> > type y = [x | `C ]
>
> might be encoded as
>
> module type Xrec = sig type t end
> module X0(Xrec : Xrec) =
>   struct type t0 = Xrec.t type t = [`A of t0 | `B] end
> module type Xsig = sig type t0 type t = [`A of t0 | `B] end
> module rec X : (Xsig with type t0 = X.t) = X0(X)
> module Y0(Xrec : Xrec) =
>   struct
>     module XY = X0(Xrec)
>     type t0 = Xrec.t
>     type t = [XY.t | `C]
>   end
> module type Ysig = ???
> module rec Y : (Xsig with type t0 = Y.t) = Y0(Y)

(* [...] *)
module type Ysig = sig
  module XY : Xsig
  type t0
  type t = [ XY.t | `C]
end
module rec Y : (Ysig with module XY = X0(Y) and type t0 = Y.t) = Y0(Y)

What do you think about this signature ? But perhaps I misunderstand
somethink: I think you don't use t0 in Y0 and Ysig because t0 is enclosed
in XY. I would write somethink like:

(* [...] *)
module Y0(Xrec : Xrec) = struct
  module XY = X0(Xrec)
  type t = [XY.t | `C]
end
module type Ysig = sig
  module XY : Xsig
  type t = [ XY.t | `C]
end
module rec Y : (Ysig with module XY = X0(Y)) = Y0(Y)


Julien
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