On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 05:19, Christophe TROESTLER wrote:
> On 26 Nov 2004, skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > 
> > An open type like [> `X ] isn't actually a type, you can't
> > name it like:
> > 
> > type xx = [> `X ]
> 
> It is polymorphic:
> 
> type 'a xx = 'a constraint 'a = [> `X];;

Wow! I didn't realise you could do that.
This solves a heap of problems for me. Thanks!

This looks (visualy) like

   'a constraint >= [ `X ]

i.e. a sneaky way of getting subtyping :)

Pity this doesn't work:

# type pm = 'b constraint 'b = [> ];;
A type variable is unbound in this type declaration

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