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[Caml-list] Evaluation Order
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David McClain
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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | John Max Skaller <skaller@o...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Evaluation Order |
David McClain wrote: [order of evaluation problem] > Any thoughts? (other than that I was boneheaded here!) Actually, I think that the problem is that the Ocaml syntax is basically designed for a referentially transparent functional programming language, which Ocaml is not. If you have a function with side-effects, return 'unit'. At worst: f ( g () ) which is equivalent to g(); f() [Ugh: Felix has a type 'void' to prevent this] -- John (Max) Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia voice: 61-2-9660-0850 checkout Vyper http://Vyper.sourceforge.net download Interscript http://Interscript.sourceforge.net ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr