On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 05:25:47AM +1100, skaller wrote:
> Aw, its kind of annoying. Two or three extra keywords might 
> fix 95% of cases:
> 
> 	let private x = ...
>
> Just don't put x in the interface
>
> 	type abstract x = ..
> 
> put x in the interface as
> 
> 	type x

This is a good idea (although in practice writing .mli files isn't too
much of a bind for me). Still, every little bit helps.

For classes I've started ALWAYS doing .mli files because that way you
can control private/protected/public methods very accurately. See the
other thread on this issue.

Rich.

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