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Re: [Caml-list] really HO Functions
- Jean-Baptiste Rouquier
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Date: | 2004-09-29 (20:48) |
From: | Jean-Baptiste Rouquier <jrouquiethearchiveshouldhaveafewantispamtricks@e...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] really HO Functions |
Radu Grigore wrote: >For this message I'll classify functions on "levels" based on how many >nested parenthesis are needed to represent their type. (...) > >My question is: are there functions of level >= 2 used in practice >(e.g. (('a -> 'b -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b list -> 'a) -> 'c)? In my soon-to-be-released library to read and write configuration files, I have one example of this. Basically, the function reading a file (actually a method) has on optional argument that allows the user to override the default behaviour in case there is an error. The argument is itself a function that get all the available information as arguments, including a value of type (out_channel -> unit) that pretty print (with module Format) a part of the read AST to the given output channel. So I have method read : ... -> ... -> ?on_type_error : (... -> ... -> (out_channel -> unit) -> ... -> unit) -> string -> unit Out of curiosity, may I ask why you're looking for such functions ? Regards, -- Jean-Baptiste Rouquier ------------------- 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