Dear Caml-Enthusiasts,

the following example of applying arguments to a new type constructor
was surprising for me. I'm wondering if it's a bug or a feature:

        Objective Caml version 1.05
        # type t = T of int * int;;
        type t = | T of int * int
        # let x = (3,4);;
        val x : int * int = 3, 4
        # T x;;
        The constructor T expects 2 argument(s), but is here applied 
        to 1 argument(s)
        # T (3,4);;
        - : t = T (3, 4)

Applying T to x does not work, but applying it to (3,4) does. Why is
the pair (3,4) counted as 2 arguments?


Christian

[sorry, no french version - will visit Paris in summer as a compensation :-)]
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