On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:59 PM,  <Florent.Ouchet@imag.fr> wrote:
> Martin Jambon <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org> a écrit :
>>
>> I disagree.  The syntax is a new and optional feature.  Authors who want
>> their
>> new code to compile with an earlier version of OCaml should simply avoid
>> using
>> the new feature, as always.
>
> The 3.12 version number is just minor increment. It should keep backward
> compatibility with the 3.x branch as much as possible.

I'm sorry but where do you see a violation of backward compatibility?
Can you provide an example that compiles OK with Ocaml 3.11 and
generates an error with Ocaml 3.12?

- Dmitry Bely