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| From: | Jérémie_Lumbroso <jeremie.lumbroso@e...> |
| Subject: | Specifying recursive modules? |
Hello,
I'd always thought of separating specification and definition as
simply not possible in OCaml, but OCaml's reference manual (3.10,
which is, as far as I can tell, the most recent version of the
documentation) seems to contradict my assumption:
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/manual021.html#htoc100
It says that recursive specifications can be written as:
<code>
module rec <mod-name> : <mod-type> { and ... }
</code>
What does this mean? When I attempt to use this feature in the
toplevel, it results in an error:
<toplevel>
# module rec Tmp : sig
type t = Stop | Next of Tmp.t
end**;;**
Syntax error
</toplevel>
On the off-chance that OCaml might explicitly need an "and", I also
tried adding a second dummy module to the definition, but no dice ...
When I try to use this feature in a .mli/.ml file coupling, I get the
same (syntax) error. Have I misunderstood the usage? Or has this been
removed since its introduction (and the documentation not updated
accordingly)? Or is this a bug?
Jérémie