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Date: | 2004-08-30 (11:07) |
From: | skaller <skaller@u...> |
Subject: | Re: Baffeld by manual (Was: [Caml-list] baffled by semicolon) |
On Mon, 2004-08-30 at 18:25, Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote: > skaller wrote: > > 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 Yup, that's more correct -- sry for prior inaccuracy. -- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@users.sf.net voice: 061-2-9660-0850, snail: PO BOX 401 Glebe NSW 2037 Australia Checkout the Felix programming language http://felix.sf.net ------------------- 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