On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 20:33 +0100, Lukasz Stafiniak wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> Why does the sequence operator (;) have type 'a -> 'b -> 'b and not
> unit -> 'a -> 'a? There is (ignore) for doing "these things"
> purposefully. The toplevel warning is very often mute. Together with
> labels, this is a source of bugs.

Yes, I actually think this should be made a hard error.
In transition, a compiler flag to let it pass.

The only place I can see where you might want to 'drop'
a returned value is when interfacing the external world.

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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
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