From: "Markus Mottl" <markus.mottl@gmail.com>
To: Tom <tom.primozic@gmail.com>
Cc: "Brian Hurt" <bhurt@spnz.org>, caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Void type?
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 12:23:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f8560b80708010923o1c6973dckda8dc09a4f582d00@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c1490a380708010437i4ed613c3x7f875fa093c6cef3@mail.gmail.com>
On 8/1/07, Tom <tom.primozic@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am still not convinced about the usability of the void type... Why simply
> not declare type b as abstract?
>
> module Myreq = struct
> type a = whatever
> type b
> end
>
> Essentially, it means the same, just less typing.
Less typing in the type definition, but more typing handling a
function or match branch that makes use of a value of type b. You'd
either have to raise an exception there, or do something unsafe. The
"void"-solution is much cleaner.
Regards,
Markus
--
Markus Mottl http://www.ocaml.info markus.mottl@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-01 16:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-28 4:14 Stefan Monnier
2007-07-28 4:33 ` [Caml-list] " Erik de Castro Lopo
2007-07-28 4:51 ` Chris King
2007-07-28 18:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-07-28 18:53 ` Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2007-07-29 0:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-07-28 18:57 ` Arnaud Spiwack
2007-07-28 6:12 ` Daniel de Rauglaudre
2007-07-28 6:15 ` Chung-chieh Shan
2007-07-28 8:22 ` [Caml-list] " rossberg
2007-07-29 6:31 ` Chung-chieh Shan
2007-07-29 11:05 ` [Caml-list] " Arnaud Spiwack
2007-07-29 11:16 ` Jon Harrop
2007-07-29 11:36 ` Arnaud Spiwack
2007-07-29 12:43 ` Richard Jones
2007-07-29 12:58 ` Arnaud Spiwack
2007-07-29 17:02 ` Richard Jones
2007-07-29 20:06 ` Arnaud Spiwack
2007-07-29 22:55 ` Brian Hurt
2007-07-30 4:40 ` skaller
2007-07-30 23:13 ` Brian Hurt
2007-07-31 8:52 ` Richard Jones
2007-07-31 13:08 ` Chris King
2007-07-31 15:27 ` Markus Mottl
2007-08-01 11:37 ` Tom
2007-08-01 16:23 ` Markus Mottl [this message]
2007-07-30 4:44 ` Geoffrey Alan Washburn
2007-07-30 13:11 ` [Caml-list] " Brian Hurt
2007-07-30 13:32 ` Christopher L Conway
2007-07-30 13:35 ` Geoffrey Alan Washburn
2007-07-30 13:41 ` [Caml-list] " Chris King
2007-07-30 17:43 ` Christophe Raffalli
2007-07-30 17:58 ` Markus Mottl
2007-07-30 14:27 ` Jeff Polakow
2007-07-28 7:58 ` Sébastien Hinderer
2007-07-28 8:13 ` [Caml-list] " Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2007-07-28 12:29 ` Christophe TROESTLER
2007-07-28 13:36 ` Brian Hurt
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