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[Caml-list] code duplication when abstracting using explicit signatures
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Jeffrey J. Cook
- Michal Moskal
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| From: | Michal Moskal <malekith@p...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] code duplication when abstracting using explicit signatures |
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 05:32:34PM -0600, Jeffrey J. Cook wrote:
> I'm trying to avoid code duplication, but have a very simple case where it
> seems inescapable utilitizing only the functionality of the ocaml tools. In
> example.mli, I declare several large types, in which I want the full contents
> of the types to be visible to other modules. How do I avoid duplicating those
> full definitions in example.ml? I've tried using "include Example" at the
> beginning of example.ml, which ocamlopt has no argument with, but ocamlc gives:
>
> Error while linking example.cmo: Reference to undefined global `Example'
>
>
> I can't simply skip the .mli, as there are functions in example.ml that
> I don't want exported; not to meantion the clean-ness of seperation .mli's
> provide. Any suggestions?
Use example_types.mli and example.ml/mli. AFAIR you can only put types
in example_types, not even exceptions.
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