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From: Damien Doligez <doligez@beaune.inria.fr>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: bottom types and threaded exits
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:56:52 +0200 (MET DST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200009251956.VAA0000026123@beaune.inria.fr> (raw)

>From: Remi VANICAT <remi.vanicat@labri.u-bordeaux.fr>

>exception Sould_never_be_here
>
>let f () = while true do () done ; raise Sould_never_be_here

That's what "assert false" was invented for: the canonical expression
that "returns" a result of type 'a and should normally never be
evaluated.

let f () = while true do () done; assert false;;

-- Damien



             reply	other threads:[~2000-09-26 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-09-25 19:56 Damien Doligez [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2000-09-23 14:25 Julian Assange
2000-09-24 19:14 ` Pierre Weis
2000-09-25 10:08 ` Remi VANICAT
2000-09-25 18:38   ` John Prevost
2000-09-26  9:16 ` Xavier Leroy
2000-09-30  9:12   ` Julian Assange
2000-09-30 14:25     ` Pierre Weis
2000-09-30 15:19       ` Markus Mottl
2000-09-30 14:28     ` Stefan Monnier
2000-10-02 13:11       ` Patrick M Doane
2000-10-02 16:28         ` Markus Mottl
2000-10-05 18:39           ` Pierre Weis

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