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[Caml-list] assertions or exceptions?

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Date:	-- (:)
From:	Radu Grigore <radugrigore@g...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Unboxing options, was RE: assertions or exceptions?

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:20:00 -0400, John Prevost <j.prevost@gmail.com> wrote:

> This has been discussed before.  The essential problem is this:
> 
> Currently:
> type 'a option is not the same as type 'a option option [...]
> 
> With unboxed options:
> type 'a option is the same as type 'a option option [...]

Heh.. This is an inconsistency in the current C# 2.0 spec :) (see
nullable types) By inconsistency I mean that it is not clear what is
the intended behaviour.

regards,
 radu

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