Re: [Caml-list] default arguments in classes

[Martin Jambon <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org>]

Jacques Le Normand wrote:
> Hello list,
> I'm trying to define a method with a default argument, but I keep
> getting an error. Here's the code:
> 
> class foo  =
>   object (self)
>     method bar ?(baz="moo") () =
>     (new foo)#bar ~baz ()
>   end
> 
> and the error:
> 
> The expression "new foo" has type foo but is used with type
>   < bar : baz:string -> unit -> 'a; .. >
> Types for method bar are incompatible
> 
> how do I fix this?


Adding type annotations often helps:

class foo =
object (self)
  method bar ?(baz="moo") () : unit =
    ((new foo) # bar : ?baz:_ -> _) ~baz ()
end



Martin

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