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[Caml-list] baffled by semicolon
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- Radu Grigore
- Ville-Pertti Keinonen
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| From: | Ville-Pertti Keinonen <will@e...> |
| Subject: | Re: Baffeld by manual (Was: [Caml-list] baffled by semicolon) |
skaller wrote: >The single ; is (usually) left associative binary sequencing >operator of type unit that takes two expressions of >type unit as an argument: > > e1 ; e2 > >evaluates e1, then e2 (for side effects). > > e1 is evaluated for side-effects, the value of e2 is the value of the entire expression, it does not need to be of type unit. You could think of ; as having the type unit -> 'a -> 'a ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners