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 QAA12459; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:42:24 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA12606 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:42:23 +0100 (MET) Received: from aomori.annexia.org (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hAHFgM119613 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 16:42:22 +0100 (MET) Received: from rich by aomori.annexia.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ALlW9-0006FL-00 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:42:21 +0000 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:42:21 +0000 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] Limits on operator-style function names? Message-ID: <20031117154221.GA24001@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Richard Jones X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; val:01 freshmeat:01 autoconf:01 automake:01 compiles:01 rpms:01 ltd:98 gnu:05 functions:05 investment:94 solaris:07 bsd:07 i'm:07 www:91 www:91 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk I'm trying to find out what the limits are on the names of operator functions (ie. val ( := ) : ...) I have found through experimentation that the following are valid: ! !! !* *:= and these are invalid: :*= :=* In particular I wanted a function called ( :=* ) but that doesn't seem to be allowed. What are the rules for this? Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://freshmeat.net/users/rwmj Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment MAKE+ is a sane replacement for GNU autoconf/automake. One script compiles, RPMs, pkgs etc. Linux, BSD, Solaris. http://www.annexia.org/freeware/makeplus/ ------------------- 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