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 mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D10EBBC1 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:14:50 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAGhKzUfAXQInh2dsb2JhbACQcgEBAQgKKZ0N X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,444,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="9877617" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Mar 2008 22:14:49 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m24LEncd025479 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:14:49 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAPhKzUfRVciveGdsb2JhbACQcgEJBQUIChidDg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,444,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="23371935" Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.175]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 04 Mar 2008 22:14:47 +0100 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 26so1595984wfd.0 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.147.15 with SMTP id u15mr609680wfd.149.1204665282995; Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:14:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.166.11 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:14:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3a360f590803041314q4dcb6aalcbd4014c71fbf75f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 16:14:42 -0500 From: "Hezekiah M. Carty" Sender: hcarty@mulethief.com To: "David Teller" Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: OSR - "Batteries included" - Standardizing syntax extensions and extra libraries Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1204664113.6097.24.camel@Blefuscu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47CD82F3.20600@exalead.com> <3a360f590803040950raa7eb1clcf0b8b1cc6a8edc7@mail.gmail.com> <1204664113.6097.24.camel@Blefuscu> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 414d3bf4c1dccd77 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 47CDBBC9.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 univ-orleans:01 syntax:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 stream:04 inclusion:04 tue:06 thread:06 standard:07 batteries:91 university:10 libraries:11 libraries:11 agree:12 On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM, David Teller wrote: > I believe we souldn't live without > * open_in > * some list/array/stream/... comprehension (mine or another one, > preferably ExtLib-aware). I agree wholeheartedly with the inclusion of those syntax extensions as standard. I know they would help clean up a lot of my own code. However, I think that the libraries and syntax extensions to include by default should be in a separate thread to help maintain focus. Particularly given that there is some (initial) agreement on this particular OSR proposal. Hez -- Hezekiah M. Carty Graduate Research Assistant University of Maryland Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science