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| From: | Wojciech Daniel Meyer <wojciech.meyer@g...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Re: Generalized Algebraic Datatypes |
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > Indeed IIRC OCaml does not accept "App" as an expression (you have to > provide arguments to the construct). Maybe this is a good opportunity > to lift this restriction. > I wish to see first class data constructors in OCaml someday. > > The types above don't allow partial applications either. They use the > OCaml/SML style of constructors were partial application is not possible > because the various arguments are not provided in a curried way. Probably it will never happen to un-curry the arguments for the data constructors in OCaml. It is too massive change, but passing the constructor as a standalone argument should be fairly possible, Wojciech