Before someone comments that the optional argument is an 'a option and not 
an 'a, what I really wanted to do is this:

# let f ?(((x,y) as xy) = 0.0,0.0) () = xy;;
Characters 8-9:
   let f ?(((x,y) as xy) = 0.0,0.0) () = xy;;
           ^
Syntax error

Which also doesn't work but there's no 'a option involved, so it 
"should".  I was trying to create the shortest example but took it a bit 
too far.

Chris

At 17:05 3/27/2003 -0800, Chris Hecker wrote:

>Is there a way to name the components of an optional argument?
>
># let f ((x,y) as xy) = xy;;
>val f : 'a * 'b -> 'a * 'b = <fun>
># let f ?xy () = xy;;
>val f : ?xy:'a -> unit -> 'a option = <fun>
># let f ?((x,y) as xy) () = xy;;
>Characters 8-9:
>   let f ?((x,y) as xy) () = xy;;
>           ^
>Syntax error
>
>Chris
>
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