On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 07:25:46PM -0800, Vasili Galchin wrote:
> 1) It gets a syntax error on the ending "done" for the
> "while true". I have tried trimming down and still the
> syntax error. I am sorry for something so elementary.
> Can anyone help?

Let's look at the code:

>                while true do
>                   let (buffer:string) = "" in
>                      (* Do blocking read! *)
>                      let (x, y) = Unix.recvfrom descr buffer 0 128 [MSG_OOB]
>                done

An expression belongs inside the `do ... done' of a while loop, and any
`let' expression needs an `in'.  (Be careful not to confuse the `let ...
in ...' _expression_ with the `let ...' _top-level declaration_.)  What do
you want to do with that (x, y) pair after you've bound it?

> 2) I am running on Linux. I did a "man ocamlc" to see
> what kind of compiler switches there are. Is there a
> compiler switch that gives a more verbose/helpful
> error than simply "syntax error"?

None that i'm aware of, but after you spend enough time with O'Caml's
syntax, the location of the error is usually enough.

cheers,
William

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