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From: =?utf-8?Q?Daniel_B=C3=BCnzli?= <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] use of ";;" when teaching Ocaml

Le lundi, 22 juin 2015 =C3=A0 17:07, Pippijn van Steenhoven a =C3=A9crit :
> An alternative solution is to always return () from unit-returning functi=
ons, but I
> found ;; more appealing.

Why "more appealing", it is much less clear. Other people will also use ;; =
for functions that do return values other than unit so I can't possibly rea=
d code with your convention in mind.=20=20

unit is () so return () that makes things very clear (that's what I persona=
lly do).

Best,

Daniel=20=20