[Caml-list] Module typing

[Patrick M Doane <patrick@watson.org>]

I have a question regarding the effect of module interfaces on the typing
of a module.

When a value contains type variables that cannot be generalized, one can
restrict the type in the interface to be monomorphic.

  (* FAILS - type variables that cannot be generalized *)
  module M1 = (
   struct let tbl = Hashtbl.create 31 end
  )

  (* WORKS! *)
  module M2 = (
    struct let tbl = Hashtbl.create 31 end :
    sig    val tbl : (unit,unit) Hashtbl.t end
  )

I'm curious to know why this idea does not extend to work for unbound type
variables in objects:

  (* FAILS - unbound type variables *)
  module O1 = (
    struct class c = object method f x = x end end
  )

  (* ALSO FAILS - unbound type variables *)
  module O2 = (
    struct class c = object method f x = x end end :
    sig    class c : object method f : unit -> unit end end
  )

Any possibilities of this changing in the future?

Thanks for any comments,
Patrick

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