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Re: [Caml-list] Future of labels
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Yaron M. Minsky
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Jacques Garrigue
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Judicael Courant
- Markus Mottl
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- Chris Hecker
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Judicael Courant
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Jacques Garrigue
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| From: | Markus Mottl <mottl@m...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Future of labels, and ideas for library labelling |
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, Judicael Courant wrote: > Jacques Garrigue a écrit : > > First, concerning the standard library, an idea would be to first > > remove all labels from the default versions, but then add labelized > > versions of some specific functions with a different name (adding a > > "'" for instance). > > I mostly think of: Pervasives.output', Pervasives.input', > > Pervasives.really_input', Array.blit', String.blit'; > > and maybe also String.sub', String.fill', Buffer.add_substring', > > Hashtbl.add', Map.add'. > So I think this is the Wrong Approach (tm). Instead, you should provide > an CompatLib (or WithoutLabels) compatibility module for old code and > a possibly a flag for compiling code with an implicit "open CompatLib". I second Judicael's proposal. Having to type in those ' is surely annoying and looks ugly. Regards, Markus Mottl -- Markus Mottl, mottl@miss.wu-wien.ac.at, http://miss.wu-wien.ac.at/~mottl ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr. Archives: http://caml.inria.fr