]> >>>>> "pw" == Pierre Weis <pierre.weis@inria.fr> writes: pw> Here, we want to design and implement a practical, compact, pw> simple to understand, and easy way to print and scan in the pw> context of a functional language with full-fledged imperative pw> features (we are not in a lazy context where monades are pw> mandatory anyway). Right right, I agree that the scanf that's coming is a better solution for O'Caml. But on the other hand, I prefer combinator parsing (even in O'Caml where it's slightly awkward) to the stream parsers in O'Caml. And sometimes I like to use combinator formatters rather than printf. There's a place for both kinds of things. :) John. ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners