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let int = ?([' ' '\t'] '-') digits+

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Date:	-- (:)
From:	Jon Harrop <jon@f...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Re: let int = ?([' ' '\t'] '-') digits+

On Friday 29 June 2007 19:11:23 Robert C Fischer wrote:
> Syntax polymorphism violates the principle of least surprise.  It is,
> indeed, Teh Eevil.

The designers of OCaml clearly disagreed when they went out of their way to 
remove superfluous parentheses:

  [1, 2]

I am taking the idea further, AFAICT.

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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