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From: Julien Signoles <Julien.Signoles@l...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] polymorphic variants and promotion 
Hello Johannes,

> What I don't understand is why the promotion of [`A of int] to [> `A of int]
> is not possible in general:
>
> # `A 1;;
> - : [> `A of int ] = `A 1
> # (`A 1 : [`A of int]) ;;
> - : [ `A of int ] = `A 1
> # ((`A 1 : [`A of int]) : [> `A of int]) ;;
> - : [ `A of int ] = `A 1
>
> Does anyone have an answer?

You have to use coercion in order to promote:
# (`A 1 : [ `A of int ] :> [> `A of int ]);;
- : [> `A of int ] = `A 1

--
Julien