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| Date: | -- (:) |
| From: | Jon Harrop <jon@f...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Mutually recursive types in different modules |
On Monday 14 July 2008 17:50:02 Andre Nathan wrote:
> Hello
>
> Say I have the following type definition:
>
> type a = { x: int; foo: b } and b = { y: int; bar: a }
>
> Is it possible to define types a and b in their own files (thus in
> modules A and B) and still allow them to be mutually recursive?
Yes. See the OCaml Journal article "Tricks with recursion: knots, modules and
polymorphism" or Google for the phrase "untying the recursive knot".
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Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
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