Re: Array interface question

From: David Monniaux (monniaux@clipper.ens.fr)
Date: Sat Jan 23 1999 - 11:57:28 MET


Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:57:28 +0100 (MET)
From: David Monniaux <monniaux@clipper.ens.fr>
To: Liste CAML <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: Array interface question
In-Reply-To: <199901221921.UAA10085@pauillac.inria.fr>

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Pierre Weis wrote:

> > Why is there no creation function which does not take a default
> > value for filling the array?

Perhaps the solution is to have an improved implementation of the 'a
option type, where a NULL pointer would mean "None" and anything else
would be the element of type 'a.

Is there anything wrong with this approach? [except that it could break
some interfaced C code that relies on NULL pointers in "private" types..]

Regards,
D. Monniaux



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