To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr
Subject: Non-destructive record update??
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:27:20 +0100
From: Donald Syme <Donald.Syme@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Message-Id: <E0yPF6q-00084I-00@heaton.cl.cam.ac.uk>
[Sorry - wrong subject on previous message]
I think O'Caml is absolutely excellent in general, but
why doesn't it have some form of non-destructive record
field update, as in
type x = {y : int};;
let x = {y=1};;
(x.y <- 2).y = 2;; (* true *)
x.y = 1;; (* true *)
???? (well, at least I haven't found it if it does...)
If I have N fields in my records, and if I need non-destructive update
because I'm actually writing things functionally (rather common in
a functional language), then I end up writing N*N lines worth of
non-destructive update functions myself - yeach!
Thanks in advance,
Don Syme
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