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A strange typing error with polymorphic variants
- Marc de Falco
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| From: | Marc de Falco <marc@d...> |
| Subject: | A strange typing error with polymorphic variants |
Hi, I've come across a very strange error, and I'm not sure if it is
a bug or a feature.
The following code :
type 'a p = R of 'a t | E of float
and 'a t = { mutable p : 'a p; c : 'a }
let f =
let x = sqrt(2.0) in
fun () -> { c = `A; p = E 0.0 }
generates the error :
The type of this expression, unit -> _[> `A ] t,
contains type variables that cannot be generalized
but if I change the x definition to "let x = 2.0 in" then it works.
Another solution is to add a dummy parameter "let f ?(dummy=())" this works
too.
When I say that it works, I mean that the resulting type of f is
val f : unit -> [> `A ] t
I've seen that in the dev version of ocaml this error has been removed but
the type of f is still "val f : unit -> _[> `A] t" which is not the thing
that I want.
Is that an expected behavior ?
Marc