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Weak hash table for attaching extra data to an object

Richard Jones
- Thomas Fischbacher
  - Till Varoquaux
  - Jon Harrop
    - Stefano Zacchiroli
      - Jon Harrop
        
        Daniel_Bünzli
        
        Markus Mottl
    - skaller
    - Richard Jones
      - Richard Jones
- Richard Jones
  - Till Varoquaux
  - Fernando Alegre
    - Richard Jones

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@b...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] Weak hash table for attaching extra data to an object

On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 09:44:15PM +0100, Jon Harrop wrote:
> I think this is an important design choice that people should be aware of when 
> they first write the code. If you think the product types inside your expr 

Richard's point was precisely about *not* being able to change such a
design choice. There can be a lot of reasons for that, for example (even
though this was not Richard's situation AFAICT) not being the author of
the data structure you want to decorate.

IOW: the original question is still valid.

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