Re: [Caml-list] Checking for eof

[Nicolas George <nicolas.george@ens.fr>]

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Le sextidi 6 nivôse, an CCXIII, briand@aracnet.com a écrit :
>       try
>         (input_line chan), false
>       with
>         | End_of_file -> "", true

I would have written that

	try
	  Some (input_line chan)
	with
	  | End_of_file -> None

but the idea is the same. I find it is an irritating limitation of OCaml
syntax to have to pack and then unpack all local values in order to uncatch
exceptions. Something like

	try
	  let line = input_line chan in
	  untry
          loop (line :: rlst)
	with
	  | End_of_file -> List.rev rlst

This syntax is somewhat awkward: untry is neither a third member of the
try...with structure, because it must be inside the flow of let...in
declaration, nor a stand-alone statement, because it must not be allowed
anywhere outside try...with.

On the contrary, as far as I can see, the semantics is quite simple.

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