Re: [Caml-list] module types

[Julien Signoles <Julien.Signoles@lri.fr>]

> module type T = sig type 'a t end
> module F(M: T): sig
> 	type a
> 	type t = a M.t
> 	(* plus a lot of values... *)
> end = struct
> 	type a = unit
> 	type t = unit M.t
> end
>
> I would like to re-write it like this :
>
> module type T = sig type 'a t end
> module type O =
> sig
> 	type a
> 	type t
> 	(* plus a lot of values... *)
> end
> module F(M: T): O with type t = a M.t =
> struct
> 	type a = unit
> 	type t = unit M.t
> end
>
> but I can't, because "a" is unknown...
> (of course, I want to keep it abstract)
>
> any idea ?

I already encountered this problem a while ago. I solved it by using the
following technic:

module type T = sig type 'a t end
module type O = sig type a type t end
type b = unit
module F(M:T): O with type t = b M.t and type a = b =
struct
  type a = unit
  type t = unit M.t
end

In the signature of the above structure, [b] should be abstract in order
to keep [a] abstract. Sadly, this technic introduces a new type definition
but I don't see a better way to solve this problem.

Hope this helps,
Julien Signoles
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