From: bluestorm <bluestorm.dylc@gmail.com>
To: Joseph Young <ocaml@optimojoe.com>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Conditionals based on phantom types
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:57:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinkO66Ps6W6q3UDnz3FWQbNhnU7MKG40CMDyK6K@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1008030812270.4144@myhome>
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Joseph Young <ocaml@optimojoe.com> wrote:
> module Units : sig
> type t
> val to_feet : float -> [`Feet]*t
> val to_meters : float -> [`Meters]*t
> [..]
> end
With this type, the value representation of units is not abstract
anymore (and it is not very useful to have still t abstract). The user
can analyse the values you give him and access the unit member. This
is the difference with the ('a t) representation were the relation
between 'a and values is hidden outside the module.
For example, your user can write something like that, wich could be
indesirable :
let convert [ `Feet ] * Units.t -> [ `Meters ] * Units.t =
function (`Feet, t) -> (`Meters, t)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-03 6:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-02 7:07 Joseph Young
2010-08-02 7:49 ` [Caml-list] " Lukasz Stafiniak
2010-08-02 8:02 ` bluestorm
2010-08-03 2:46 ` Joseph Young
2010-08-03 6:15 ` Joseph Young
2010-08-03 6:57 ` bluestorm [this message]
2010-08-04 2:41 ` Joseph Young
2010-08-03 15:47 ` Goswin von Brederlow
2010-08-03 15:39 ` Goswin von Brederlow
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