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 mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5149FBC6C for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:44:38 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAG/bnUfUnw7Ul2dsb2JhbACCNo1nAQEBAQEGBAYJCBEHmyI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,262,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="8467582" Received: from ptb-relay01.plus.net ([212.159.14.212]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 28 Jan 2008 22:44:37 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by ptb-relay01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1JJbmO-0003Yg-DC for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:44:36 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [OSR] OCaml Standard Recommandation Process Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:39:07 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <1201440183.6302.27.camel@Blefuscu> <1201541440.6747.68.camel@Blefuscu> <1201554728.19148.53.camel@flake.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de> In-Reply-To: <1201554728.19148.53.camel@flake.lan.gerd-stolpmann.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801282139.07894.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: 6823dc72e4f841827de997f64cd0e031 X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 gerd:01 stolpmann:01 ocaml:01 stdlib:01 stdlib:01 cathedral:98 cathedral:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 off-topic:02 apis:03 modify:05 inria:06 On Monday 28 January 2008 21:12:08 Gerd Stolpmann wrote: > As it was mentioned, we cannot modify OCaml itself. We can ask here and > there for changes, e.g. when core APIs could be improved so user add-ons > have an easier life. But the OCaml language itself is only a matter of > INRIA. It is still a cathedral, not a bazaar (I don't see any change > here - except that the cathedral is now completely built). So any > discussions about changing the language (try finally) or the stdlib are > off-topic. Can we clear up once and for all whether or not we can improve the stdlib? -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?e