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 LAA13655; Tue, 25 May 2004 11:36:11 +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 LAA13652 for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 11:36:10 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4P9a7EV018497 for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 11:36:08 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp114-11.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [150.101.114.11]) by smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4P9ZuZq043354; Tue, 25 May 2004 19:06:02 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] unix.chop_extension From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: Alex Baretta Cc: Ocaml In-Reply-To: <40B307F7.6060405@baretta.com> References: <1085429093.6065.336.camel@pelican.wigram> <40B307F7.6060405@baretta.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1085477754.6065.490.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 25 May 2004 19:35:55 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 40B31387.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 chop:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 baretta:01 chop:01 terrible:01 regexps:01 ocaml-only:01 ffau:99 licenced:01 lgpl:01 distro:01 9660:01 glebe:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 18:46, Alex Baretta wrote: > skaller wrote: > > # Filename.chop_extension "x.y/z";; > > - : string = "x" > > > This is a terrible consequence of not having (* functional *) support > for regexps in the language or standard library. Which gets back to the Cathedral/Bazaar problem: there are plenty of people including me with reentant Ocaml-only FFAU licenced solutions. We could probably even agree on a spec, implementation, and Ocaml LGPL+X licence .. but could we get that solution into the standard distro? -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- 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