Re: Strange type error

[Judicael Courant <Judicael.Courant@lri.fr>]

Claudio Sacerdoti Coen a écrit :
> 
>  Hello,
> 
>  let a.mli be
> 
>   type 'a section_path = { x : int; }
>   and mind_section_path = [ `MIND] section_path
>   type const_section_path = [ `CONST] section_path
[...]
> for a.mli I get
> 
>  File "prova.mli", line 3, characters 26-35:
>  This type [ `CONST] should be an instance of type [ `MIND]
> 
>  that seems nonsense to me. Someone could explain the error?
> 

I had a similar problem some time ago. This strange behavior of O'Caml
3.00 was corrected in the CVS version:

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        Objective Caml version 3.00

# type 'a section_path = { x : int; }
    and mind_section_path = [ `MIND] section_path
    ;;
type [ `MIND] section_path = { x : int; }  constraint [ `MIND] = [
`MIND]
type mind_section_path = [ `MIND] section_path
# 
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        Objective Caml version 3.00+8 (2000-06-30)

# type 'a section_path = { x : int; }
    and mind_section_path = [ `MIND] section_path
    ;;
    type 'a section_path = { x : int; } 
type mind_section_path = [ `MIND] section_path
# 
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