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| From: | Chris Hecker <checker@d...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] currying... |
>This is pretty much how it works internally, although the precise >mechanisms used are slightly different in the bytecode interpreter and >in the native-code compiler. Viewed from the outside, it maintains >the illusion that every function takes only one parameter, >and fun x y -> ... behaves like fun x -> (fun y -> ...). Okay, that makes sense, thanks. Now my question is, is there any way to introspect to get at the arity information? I think it must be stored somewhere at runtime, because I can pass both f's to another function because they have the same "illusory type". Or do they? Is int -> int -> int typechecked _exactly_ like int -> (int -> int)? I assume they must be or the illusion wouldn't hold up. I'd also assume this arity check only happens during application and doesn't affect typechecking at all. Chris ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr