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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 13:36:55 +0100
From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
To: "Frank A. Christoph" <christo@nextsolution.co.jp>, caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: Warnings in ocaml
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> I copied from SML and defined a procedure "ignore":
> so now I would write:
>   ignore (f x y); ...

I was considering adding this to the standard library, implemented in
such a way that no function call actually takes place.  It seems to
strike a reasonable balance between the safety of the warning and the
inconvenience of writing "let _ = ..."

- Xavier Leroy