mfmorss@aep.com wrote:
> 
> In any case, is it possible to define and use different types of records, 
> which nevertheless share some field names?  I have had difficulty doing 
> this in the toplevel.

It is not possible, for a simple reason:

Suppose you have two record type tr1 & tr2 sharing a common field name f

   type tr1 = { f : int; f1 : string }

   type tr2 = { f2 : float;  f: int }

Then the compiler won't be able to infer the type of function ff 
retrieving this field f

   let ff x = x.f

So the requirement that each field name is different is the price to pay 
to have type inference.

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