On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 02:39:39PM +0200, Mattias Waldau wrote:
> I would like to define a (prog1 a b) which first evaluates a, then b, and
> returns the
> value of a. (Would be nice if I could have arbitrary number of args.)
> 
> I defined it as
> 
> let prog1 a b = a
> 
> Works well in compiled code, first evaluates a, then b.
> However bytecode first evaluates b, then a.
> 
> In this cases, call-by-name would be very nice.
> 
> One obvious solution is to write
> 
> let temp = a in
> b;
> temp

The right solution would be :

  let a = <computation of a> in
  let b = <computation of b> in
  prog a b

to evaluate a before b, and vice versa.

or, if both computation of a and b return unit, you could do :

  a;
  b

Friendly,

Sven Luther
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