Re: [Caml-list] Typing problem with polymorphic variants

[Alessandro Baretta <alex@baretta.com>]

Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, Apr 1, 2003, at 20:34 Europe/Helsinki, Alessandro Baretta 
> wrote:
> 
>> This just baffles me.
>>
>> > Values do not match:
>> >   val feature :
>> >     [> `Clear | `Length of int | `Pitch of int
>> >               | `Width of 'a] -> string
>> > is not included in
>> >   val feature : [> `Clear] -> string
> 
> 
> Consider what would happen if you tried to pass a `Length of float, 
> which is acceptable according to the latter signature.
> 
> 

Thank you very much.

This is actually a meaningful comment. I wonder if there is 
any sensible way to do what I'm trying to do.

I'll think it over.

Alex

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