On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Stephan Tolksdorf wrote:

> I'm learning OCaml...
> 
> The following code snippet fails due to an "unbound type constructor"
> error. How could I achieve the intended result in OCaml?
> 
> type combination = T1 of int | T2 of test | T3 of test * test
> 
> class test =
>       object
>             method virtual get : combination
>       end

The problem is that cuurrently you can't have classes and types in a
mutually recursive declaration, and you can't even have "class types" in 
such declarations, but you can put "object types" (see the OCaml manual 
under Type Expressions) in and then use object types to constrain the 
return value of method get. 

# type combination = T1 of int | T2 of test | T3 of test * test
  and test = <get : combination>;;
type combination = T1 of int | T2 of test | T3 of test * test
type test = < get : combination >
# class my_test = object(self) method get = T2 (self:>test) end;;  
class my_test : object method get : combination end

There are probably other ways to do what you want too.

-- Brian