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=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A90FBBAF for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:02:09 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AkUEAOBd5kjAXQIniGdsb2JhbACBcU2QZT4BAQEVIqBFhnIBAg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,359,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="18174362" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Oct 2008 03:02:09 +0200 Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m94128vC013017 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:02:09 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AosBAKVd5khC+VyrlGdsb2JhbACBcU2QZT4BAQEBCQkMBxEDoEeGcgEC X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,359,1220220000"; d="scan'208";a="17646293" Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Oct 2008 03:02:08 +0200 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so1286657ugc.28 for ; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:02:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:organization:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id:from; bh=/SqikQ4gK1pL0wy3VSk5PhT49nbM+IN0lBrVfXFNfSk=; b=X0+8ZXl1UzJpxie7bCBeU6Pi0OjsHTvXCptbcJSjhcWfOijYZHMXY9Oehh8HR8ALio HiS/i0pMw+8Q8wzihd1AqFloWJQ/FtDmOQ+ymkb4fqDD/lcKlmAOt03PdU+I6Phmtvlg K1FM4rdbFP6hDweTRxIP6QUb1R38OXwDQ3uUk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=organization:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id:from; b=ihF4mP2MaS3KVnWKZFRy2i1AZU4K0w688s6ROonyyfQ/N4cm7baZ5FtAGH6xmeI4cj JdS/Jzv3PtxP5JMd96YEE/wSOm8Qh4/ezk5qMvyhI7nlRnUlv544vfXk5xoAXUBXbsPH IZI9xlMYv0KBwR6KvZJK6BR4wP4EffIHO6VnM= Received: by 10.210.16.17 with SMTP id 17mr2181527ebp.46.1223082127735; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leper.local (host86-139-250-145.range86-139.btcentralplus.com [86.139.250.145]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t2sm4115733gve.9.2008.10.03.18.02.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:02:07 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: OCaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Metaprogramming features Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 03:03:04 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <48E62D5B.3060400@mcmaster.ca> <20081004004908.GA32229@usha.takhisis.invalid> In-Reply-To: <20081004004908.GA32229@usha.takhisis.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200810040303.04559.jon@ffconsultancy.com> From: Jon Harrop X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 48E6C090.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; zacchiroli:01 metaocaml:01 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 caml:02 patches:03 vanilla:03 usefulness:04 stefano:05 implement:06 patch:08 i'm:09 feature:09 feature:09 On Saturday 04 October 2008 01:49:08 Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Sorry if I'm being too frank, but I don't see the usefulness of your > post. I would love to see basic meta-programming feature in vanilla > Caml, but the way to make it happen is for sure not lobbying / making > noise. The way is provide patches which implement the requested > feature. If try..finally will not be accepted what makes you think that a MetaOCaml patch would be accepted? -- Dr Jon Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?e