From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id CAA06921 for caml-redistribution; Fri, 19 Jun 1998 02:20:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA21674 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 04:06:06 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk (heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk [128.232.0.11]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA17793 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 04:06:04 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from merganser.cl.cam.ac.uk (cl.cam.ac.uk) [128.232.0.49] (drs1004) by heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #1) id 0ymU5G-000632-00; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 03:05:50 +0100 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2+CL 2/24/98 To: fbesnard cc: "'caml-list@inria.fr'" Subject: Re: are initial values in class fields mandatory ? (ocaml) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:17:58." <01BD9A03.1CEE4A80@FB> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 03:05:29 +0100 From: Donald Syme Message-Id: Sender: weis > - there is no 'per line' comment (like Ada's "--" or C++'s "//" ) ? I too think this is a must. It may not quite accord with the personal tastes of the CaML implementors, but many good programmers use this extensively in their in-line documentation. I figure they should be able to transfer their "existing practice" when they make the switch to CaML, just to make the switch as painless as possible. Cheers, Don Syme -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the lab: At home: The Computer Laboratory Trinity Hall New Museums Site CB2 1TJ University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK CB2 3QG, Cambridge, UK Ph: +44 (0) 1223 334688 Ph: +44 (0) 1223 563783 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/drs1004/ email: drs1004@cl.cam.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------------------