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[Caml-list] Polymorphism and the "for" loop

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From:	William Lovas <wlovas@s...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Polymorphism and the "for" loop

On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 11:19:53AM +1000, skaller wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 05:11, David Brown wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 07:50:43PM +0100, Jon Harrop wrote:
> 
> > Because its only a warning, not an error.  g is allowed to return any type.
> > It could be argued that the loop expression must be of type unit, then this
> > could also be inferred by type inference.
> 
> It can also be argued chosing unit for non-returning function
> is the wrong choice and that correct choice is void.

Certainly.  But whoever mentioned non-returning functions?

William

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