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typing, records and "with"
- Markus Mottl
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Markus Mottl <mottl@m...> |
| Subject: | typing, records and "with" |
Hello,
it seems that the inferred type in combination with the "with" construct
(records) could sometimes be more general. Eg.:
type 'a t = {a : 'a; b : int}
let x = {a = 1; b = 2}
let y = {x with a = "1"}
This leads to the following error:
File "bla.ml", line 4, characters 9-10:
This expression has type int t but is here used with type string t
But everything is fine with the following binding of y:
let y = {a = "1"; b = x.b}
Maybe 'a shouldn't be bound to the type parameter of the "source record"
within the "with" construct, but checked only against the "general"
type for consistency - this would find errors as in:
type 'a t = {a : 'a; b : 'a}
let x = {a = 1; b = 2}
let y = {x with a = "1"}
Regards,
Markus Mottl
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Markus Mottl, mottl@miss.wu-wien.ac.at, http://miss.wu-wien.ac.at/~mottl