[This is a bug report, please ignore if you are not interested,
apologies in advance ..]

Luc Maranget wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>Typing of polymorphic variants has much changed in 3.XX versions.
>
>Pattern matching compilation of polymorphic variants included a
>serious bug in 3.01 (or in 3.02, 3.03 I do not remember) version, and the
>effect of this bug would be what you describe.
>[If you are interested, this is bug number 359, fixed]
>
>This PM bug is corrected in version 3.04.
>
I'll check the database. I can report that the specific bug  I had
in Ocaml 3.02 did NOT occur in 3.04. I know this because
I actually checked the code with both versions.

>
>Please consider that we do need running code that shows the erroneous
>behavior w .r. t. the current version of the compiler.
>Making assumpsions based upon the previous versions of the compiler
>is a bit delicate here, since two parts that look critical to your
>report underwent important modifications.
>
I must apologise for the delay responding, I had a serious ISP
problem (got cut off from the Internet entirely).

The complete source of my program is available from

    http://felix.sourceforge.net/felix_src.tgz

See the web site:

  http://felix.sourceforge.net/download.html

for information on building.

To use the included build scripts, you must have Python installed.
After unpacking the tarball, type

     python script/maker noiscr test

and it should build the compiler and then crash running
some of the tests. If you try the whole process again,
using Ocaml 3.01 it should work.

I have commented out the lines that cause Ocaml 3.01 to
give a diagnostic message. If you wish to generate the
Ocaml 3.01 errors that Ocaml 3.04 does not report,
you will need to uncomment those lines.
Grep for

 `DCL_val_typeof

in the files

  src/symtab.ml
  src/bbind.ml

Would you please email me privately when you have the tarball,
as I may wish to upload a new version in  which the code has
been substantially changed.

I am running Ocaml 3.04 on Linux RH 7.2
built with gc 2.96 after applying the patch to correct
a gcc 2.96 bug.

I will do everything I can to help resolve this problem,
I'd like to use new ocaml features .. and of I am already
depending on

    #variant_type

syntax in matches, which will not be supported in Ocaml 3.05.
I can't backtrack for that easily, and I'd hate to upgrade the syntax
only to find I can't compile my code under 3.05.

Thanks for your time, and of course, the excellent Ocaml system.


-- 
John Max Skaller, mailto:skaller@ozemail.com.au
snail:10/1 Toxteth Rd, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia.
voice:61-2-9660-0850




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