Re: [Caml-list] is this a bug ?

[Christophe Raffalli <christophe.raffalli@univ-savoie.fr>]

Samuel Mimram a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Christophe Raffalli wrote:
> 
>>--------------------------------
>>let f b l = match l with
>>  [] | [_] -> 1
>>| [a;_] | [_;a] when a = b-> 2
>>| _ -> 3
>>
>>let _ =
>>  print_int (f 1 [1;2]);
>>  print_int (f 1 [2;1]);
>>  print_newline ()
>>--------------------------------
>>
>>Do you think this code should have a useless pattern warning and print
>>"23" instead of "22" ?
>>
>>If someone tell me this is a bug then I fill a bug report ...
> 
> 
> I guess that the priorities says that you should "read" the third line as
> 
> | [a;_] | ( [_;a] when a = b ) -> 2
> 

but the you should be allowed to write

  | ([a;_] when a = b) | ( [_;a] when a = b ) -> 2

but this results in a syntax error ...

> This would justify the warning and explain the behaviour...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Samuel.

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