From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9BBBBDCE for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:08:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.26]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j7OG8kES000906 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 18:08:50 +0200 Received: (qmail 25309 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2005 16:08:43 -0000 Received: from shell2.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.116.3]) (envelope-sender ) by mail24.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 24 Aug 2005 16:08:43 -0000 Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:08:42 -0700 (PDT) From: brogoff To: Christophe Raffalli Cc: Damien Doligez , caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Parameter evaluation order In-Reply-To: <430C86A7.6050408@univ-savoie.fr> Message-ID: References: <43065B83.6050503@dravanet.hu> <254E6767-A097-455B-872B-483725D26744@inria.fr> <000401c5a84a$a2e79760$1866b811@Operational> <91631662-65C4-4FB7-96B1-B6C1CAF50B80@inria.fr> <430C86A7.6050408@univ-savoie.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 430C9B8E.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 christophe:01 raffalli:01 ocaml:01 syntax:01 alas:01 constructors:01 sml:01 2005,:98 wrote:01 speakeasy:01 argument:01 parameter:02 brian:03 efficiency:05 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Christophe Raffalli wrote: > If you really want left-to-right evaluation order in ocaml, use camlp4 > to change the syntax with a postfix function application (with the > argument to the left). > > That will be homogenous with type application ! > > :-) Alas, it doesn't help with the evaluation of order of constructors, which is where I'd find left-to-right most helpful. One of those places where I think SML is better, even though I usually favor efficiency over elegance. -- Brian