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Objective Caml 3.09 released

Xavier Leroy
- Damien Doligez
- skaller
- Eijiro Sumii
  - Aleksey Nogin
    - Eijiro Sumii
    - Damien Doligez
      - Jon Harrop
      - Stefan Monnier
- Aleksey Nogin
  - Vincenzo Ciancia

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Jon Harrop <jon@f...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Objective Caml 3.09 released

On Friday 28 October 2005 20:14, Damien Doligez wrote:
> On Oct 28, 2005, at 06:08, Aleksey Nogin wrote:
> > AFAIU, there are two warnings - "Y" for variables bound with let
> > and "Z" for variables bound by pattern matching. By default, Y is
> > enabled and Z is not.
>
> The rules for Y are a bit complex.  They are designed to match our style
> of programming, where we sometimes document patterns by giving names to
> all the arguments, even if they are unused.
> ...

An alternative solution might be to highlight unused pattern bindings in the 
editor?

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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
Objective CAML for Scientists
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