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[Caml-list] Observations on OCaml vs. Haskell

John Goerzen
- Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla
  - Danny Yoo
    - Ville-Pertti Keinonen
      - Jon Harrop
        
        Brian Hurt
        
        Jon Harrop
        
        Dmitry Lomov
    - Diego Olivier Fernandez Pons
      - Richard Jones
      - Jon Harrop
  - skaller
  - Keith Wansbrough
    - Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla
- Christophe TROESTLER
- Jacques GARRIGUE
- skaller
- Richard Jones

Date:	2004-09-29 (14:24)
From:	Jon Harrop <jon@j...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Observations on OCaml vs. Haskell

On Wednesday 29 September 2004 15:26, Brian Hurt wrote:
> This gets tricky, I would think.  One thing I don't want to lose is the
> ability to make ('a -> 'b) list types.  Comparing two functions is
> obviously bogus, but in most other places being able to handle both
> functions and data is a usefull thing.

What if the compilers flagged a warning when the polymorphic comparisons were 
used either on types containing functions or on abstract types?

Cheers,
Jon.

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