Re: [Caml-list] break and continue for OCaml

[Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 04:05:45PM +0200, Martin Jambon wrote:
> I'm OK with the intent, but what should happen in such cases:
> 
> module A =
> struct
>   let a = break
>   let b = continue
>   let c = return true

Assuming we can tell if we're inside a function[1] then 'c' would be
an error.

>   let d = lazy (return 123)

  let d () = lazy (return 123)

is an interesting case because in theory the behaviour could end up
looking like a continuation.  However if you consider 'lazy' to be a
kind of shorthand for 'fun () -> ...' then the answer is more obvious;
this is just the same as:

  let d () = lazy 123

>   let e () = Lazy.force d

and the outcome of 'e ()' is then also obvious.

Rich.

[1] .. and not being an expert on the internals of the compiler I
don't really know if this assumption is true.

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Richard Jones
Red Hat