From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88428BC6B for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 20:25:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4BIP2Bg015481 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 20:25:03 +0200 Received: (qmail 7601 invoked from network); 11 May 2007 18:25:00 -0000 Received: from shell4.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.116.5]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 11 May 2007 18:25:00 -0000 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 11:25:00 -0700 (PDT) From: brogoff To: Nicolas Pouillard Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Custom operators in the revised syntax In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1884660607.20070511161455@moldavcable.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4644B4FE.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 haskell:01 infix:01 foo:01 haskell:01 ocaml:01 syntax:01 2007,:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 minor:01 caml-list:01 speakeasy:01 speakeasy:01 define:01 On Fri, 11 May 2007, Nicolas Pouillard wrote: > On 5/11/07, brogoff wrote: > > Any chance we could have something like in Haskell where you easily > > define new infix names? > > Something general like: x `foo` y ? Exactly. > In Haskell you can put brackets and semi-colons if you dislike > significant layout. Yes, I know. I don't dislike significant layout, I'm just pointing out that the (relatively minor) issues I have with OCaml syntax, like try/with or if/then capturing more than I expect, are fixed in Revised, by using more brackets. -- Brian