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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Eric Breck <ebreck@c...> |
| Subject: | changing the type of records using "with" |
Hi folks,
I noticed the following behavior of the typing system:
# type 'a foo = {a: 'a; b: int};;
type 'a foo = { a : 'a; b : int; }
# let one = { a = (); b = 5};;
val one : unit foo = {a = (); b = 5}
# let two = {one with a = "Hello"};;
val two : string foo = {a = "Hello"; b = 5}
i.e. "{one with ... }" can have a different polymorphic type argument
than "one" does. This has been handy for me on a couple of
occasions, but is it a documented feature that I can count on working
in future versions of ocaml, or is it a quirk of the current version?
thanks,
Eric Breck