From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id MAA21508; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:38 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA21513 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:37 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g7RAwan28579 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from clipper.ens.fr (clipper-gw.ens.fr [129.199.1.22]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g7RAwal29370 ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (frisch@localhost) by clipper.ens.fr (8.12.3/jb-1.1) id g7RAwZPo028015 ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:35 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:58:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: Alain Frisch To: jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com cc: Caml list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Hashtbl.hash and Hashtbl.hash_param In-Reply-To: <1030442366.3d6b4d7eb7db1@imp.pro.proxad.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com wrote: > Conclusion: personally, I don’t want progress of the compiler made difficult by > a 100% backward compatibility "religion". What do other users of ocaml think > about it? I strongly agree with you, especially concerning the situation at issue (improving Hashtbl.hash). You're right that it is explicitely stated in the manual, for Marshal: << The format for the byte sequences is compatible across all machines for a given version of Objective Caml. >> -- Alain ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners