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| From: | brogoff@s... |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] OCaml standard library improvement |
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Benjamin C. Pierce wrote: > I'm all in favor of improving the standard library, but... > > 1) I agree that such a project will be most useful if there is some > kind of strong unifying vision > > 2) I suggest looking at the SML Basis Library for ideas -- the people > that designed it thought a *lot* about consistent naming and such. > (In fact, would it be a bad idea just to *copy* the SML basis APIs > verbatim?) That's a great idea! There are a few things that would need to change, of course, like transforming tupled arguments to curried ones, and probably changing interCap function names to caml_style_underscore_separated ones but I think just staying as close as possible to the SML Basis makes a lot of sense for a number of reasons. -- Brian ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners