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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Edgar Friendly <thelema314@g...> |
| Subject: | Ocaml compiler features |
There's a few things I'd like to fix about ocaml, and I should probably air these and get feedback/help before jumping in and getting lost in the compiler code. First, I'd like to fix grouping within the if/then/else construct. This is parsed fine: if y=1 then let z = 2 in print_int y; print_int z; else print_string "not one" But the following isn't accepted: if y=1 then print_int y; print_int 2; else print_string "not one" I understand that the let statement groups the following compound expression into one statement for the then-clause, so it's a precedence problem. Would it really be enough to raise the precedence of ; higher than that of if/then? Is there any reason this hasn't been done already? Second, I have some ideas of things to do with Atomic Variants (sounds like they could be a monster in a sci-fi movie). First thing is to somehow allow the use of a type composed of all Atomic (non-polymorphic) Variants as an integer type. One thing I want to do is index arrays with them. Yes, I could use records, but then I couldn't iterate across the structure. Thanks for listening, and tune in next time for more crazy ideas. E.