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[Caml-list] variant with tuple arg in pattern match?
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Fergus Henderson <fjh@c...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] variant with tuple arg in pattern match? |
On 06-Apr-2001, Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> wrote:
>
> Frankly, I think there is no point in maintaining the illusion that
> datatype constructors are either nullary (constant) or unary. The
> only efficient implementation model is N-ary constructors, so let's
> reflect this in the language.
Sounds good to me. Now, for consistency, shouldn't you do the same
for function arguments? ;-)
--
Fergus Henderson <fjh@cs.mu.oz.au> | "I have always known that the pursuit
| of excellence is a lethal habit"
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.
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