On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Patrick M Doane wrote:

> I have some code that would like to use polymorphic type abbreviations
> along with labels.  It seems to be not behaving quite like I expected.
> What could I do to make this shorter:
> 
>   type a = [ `A ]
> 
>   let f ~a:(#a as a) = ...
> 
> I was hoping that I could use this:
> 
>   let f ~a:#a = ...

you should write :

let f ~a : #a = ...

the problem is that #a is both a type expression and a pattern, and in
your expression, it's a pattern. For example if you write :

let f ~a:int = int

the int is not a type expression !

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