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Date: | 2009-01-20 (11:46) |
From: | Hugo Ferreira <hmf@i...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Making a polymorphic type non-polymorphic to comply with original signature |
David Teller wrote: > It's probably feasible without copy & paste by building a functor on top > of the defunctorized hashtable in Batteries. Or by just using the > defunctorized hashtable of Batteries directly, although it's not as safe > as the functorized version, due to the absence of existential types. > If I understand you correctly I would have to redefine equivalents for: - HashedType - S - Make(H: HashedType) Basically copy & paste these and change the type. Doable although not to my liking. TIA, Hugo F. > Cheers, > David > > On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 12:24 +0100, Daniel Bünzli wrote: >> Le 20 janv. 09 à 11:59, Hugo Ferreira a écrit : >> >>> Is it possible to make H comply with Hashtbl.HashedType i.e: make >>> J.Key = 'a H.node ? >> This issue is well known (e.g. see here [1]). Your are running into >> limitations of the standard library. The only unsatisfying answer is >> to copy the code from the standard library and add the parameter >> yourself. >> >> Best, >> >> Daniel >> >> [1] http://groups.google.com/group/fa.caml/browse_thread/thread/f2acb593da91553c?hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&q=type+var+in+functor+fa.caml >> >> ____________________________________________ugs >>