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From: mzukowski@yci.com
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: [Caml-list] "in" question
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:35:33 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <170826586F3BD511910D0200C110AAA8032B4F3C@memail03.bco-home.com> (raw)

I've been working through Jason Hickey's introduction to Objective Caml and
don't quite get why the "in" is necessary in this construct:

# let sum i = let sum2 j = i + j in sum2 ;;
val sum : int -> int -> int = <fun>

If I leave out the "in" I get a generic "Syntax error":

# let sum i = let sum2 j = i + j ;;
Characters 31-33:
  let sum i = let sum2 j = i + j ;;
                                 ^^
Syntax error

I'm sure it's something fundamental about scoping I'm missing.  Please
enlighten me.

Thanks,

Monty
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             reply	other threads:[~2002-11-21 23:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-21 23:35 mzukowski [this message]
2002-11-22  0:04 ` Alessandro Baretta
2002-11-22  0:29 ` Yang Shouxun

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