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[Caml-list] New polymorphic variant syntax
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Patrick M Doane
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Alain Frisch
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Alain Frisch
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| From: | Patrick M Doane <patrick@w...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] New polymorphic variant syntax |
On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Alain Frisch wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Patrick M Doane wrote: > > > Having abbreviations like 'inline' works really well. I'm curious to know > > if there is a good way to represent the following information: > > > > <!ELEMENT FORM - - (%flow;)+ -(FORM)> > > > > This states that a FORM element can have any flow object except for FORM > > (i.e. nesting is not allowed). > > > > How difficult would it be to extend the polymorphic variant syntax to list > > tags that should not be included in the conjuction? Perhaps this already > > possible? Of course we can always revert to simply listing the variants. > > The type [> `Form of t] where t is an abstract type, for instance > should be ok for this, no ? I was thinking about that but isn't it rather confusing? It certainly disables the use of `Form, but it would be clearer if there was no mention of it at all. Patrick ------------------- 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