Re: [Caml-list] module types

[John Carr <jfc@mit.edu>]

I also have a problem with module types.  Suppose I have

	module type T = sig type t val f : t -> string end

If I want to declare a module implementing this signature I can write

	module X : T with type t = int

but this similar declaration is not allowed

	module Y : T with type t = A | B | C

The manual implies this restriction is intentional, a result of not
allowing unnamed constructor types.  I also tried

	module Y : sig include T type t = A | B | C end

but the compiler considered this to be an illegal duplicate
definition of type t.

1. Is there a reason not to allow (A | B | C) as an anonymous
type declaration?

2. Is there a way to do what I want without declaring the type name
outside the module?  I prefer to limit the scope of type names.

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