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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] use of ";;" when teaching Ocaml

Le lundi, 22 juin 2015 =C3=A0 17:47, Mark Shinwell a =C3=A9crit :
> In my book, the code of functions shouldn't contain blank lines (I've
> found this to often be a good sign that the function is too long
> and/or complicated).

I agree very much. I became so much accustomed of not having blank lines in=
 the code of my functions that I find other people's code very hard to foll=
ow when they do so (especially tracking the different scopes and/or determi=
ning where the functions ends).

Daniel