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From: Julien Verlaguet <Julien.Verlaguet@pps.jussieu.fr>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] bizarre type
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> The compiler just infers the most general type.

Ok.

But if I write :

# type 'a t;;
type 'a t

# let g (x : 'a t list) (y : 'a)=();;
val g : 'a t list -> 'a -> unit = <fun>

# g ([] : int t list);;
- : int -> unit = <fun>

If I understood well what you just said the inferred type should be :

'_a -> unit

Or is there something I missed there ?

J