From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34AFBC6B for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:45:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net (ptb-relay01.plus.net [212.159.14.212]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l5TFjNcT018481 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:45:24 +0200 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1I4Iex-0005uW-5T for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:23 +0100 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: Caml List Subject: let int = ?([' ' '\t'] '-') digits+ Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:39:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706291639.39529.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 46852914.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 lexer:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 int:01 let:03 '-':07 mean:08 rather:08 handled:09 ltd:86 products:86 idea:13 www:84 If OCaml's lexer handled numbers of this format, would it be possible to write: f -1 -2 to mean: f (-1) (-2) rather than: f - 1 - 2 Is this a good idea? -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. The OCaml Journal http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_journal/?e