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 IAA03417; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:42:48 +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 IAA02987 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:42:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.203]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i9M6gimv023456 for ; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:42:46 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.200] (ppp217-99.lns1.syd3.internode.on.net [203.122.217.99]) by smtp3.adl2.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9M6ggOU030949; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:12:43 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Polymorphism and the "for" loop From: skaller Reply-To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net To: William Lovas Cc: caml-list In-Reply-To: <20041022041735.GB8609@force.stwing.upenn.edu> References: <200410211950.43396.jon@jdh30.plus.com> <20041021191156.GA17933@old.davidb.org> <1098407993.7584.6.camel@pelican.wigram> <20041022041735.GB8609@force.stwing.upenn.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1098427361.7584.34.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-4) Date: 22 Oct 2004 16:42:42 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4178ABE4.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 2004:99 lovas:01 argued:01 sloppy:01 9660:01 glebe:01 nsw:01 snail:02 checkout:02 unit:03 2037:03 wrote:03 aka:04 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 14:17, William Lovas wrote: > > It can also be argued chosing unit for non-returning function > > is the wrong choice and that correct choice is void. > > Certainly. But whoever mentioned non-returning functions? Please excuse my sloppy wording! What I meant was functions that don't return a value (aka procedures) rather than functions that don't return control normally. Sorry! -- 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