Re: [Caml-list] type aliases and recursive modules

[Philippe Wang <lists@philippewang.info>]

Josh Berdine wrote:
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> Thanks Philippe and Christopher, yes, mea culpa, I forgot, e.g., a 
> call to choose.  But my confusion remains:
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>  
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> #
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> module rec A : sig
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>   type t = It of ASet.t
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>   val compare : t -> t -> int
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>   val get : t -> ASet.t
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> end = struct
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>   type t = It of ASet.t
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>   let compare = compare
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>   let get = function It(x) -> x
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> end
>
>  
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> and ASet : sig
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>   type t
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>   val get_its_elements : t -> A.t list
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> end = struct
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>   module C = Set.Make(A)
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>   type t = C.t
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>   let get_its_elements x = C.elements (A.get (C.choose x))
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> end
>
> ;;
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>                                       Characters 350-370:
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>     let get_its_elements x = C.elements (A.get (C.choose x))
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>                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> This expression has type ASet.t but is here used with type
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>   C.t = Set.Make(A).t
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> #
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>  
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>  
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> Am I still doing something stupid?
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>  
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> Cheers,  Josh
>
Hi,

Your A.get function takes something of the form "It of something", which 
is of type A.t = It of ASet.t.
There is no such a constructor (It) in,
let get_its_elements x = C.elements (A.get (C.choose x))
So it can't go right when you call A.get...
;-)

Cheers,
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  Philippe Wang
  mail@philippewang.info