Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 18:02:34 +1100
From: skaller <skaller@maxtal.com.au>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: How do I ..
I'm confused:
Objective Caml version 2.99 (99/12/08)
# let f (lx:x : int) = x + 1;;
Syntax error
Here, I have an argument x, a label lx, and a type declaration int.
What's the error? Can't I both label an argument, and also type it?
The whitespace rule is a bit weird .. but it makes some sense,
when compared with 'a for a type variable: the ' must come
right in front of the a, with no white space, so I guess
I can live with lablx:x as a labelled argument .. :-)
At first, I got really confused by the difference between
a label, and the name of the argument. Until I realised,
you can't use the name of the argument as a label, because
it would imply all arguments were labelled. In the tutorial,
it would be nice to replace ambiguous examples like:
let f x:x ...
where I can't tell which x is which, with
let f xlabl:xparam ..
where the names clearly suggest what is what.
-- John Skaller, mailto:skaller@maxtal.com.au 10/1 Toxteth Rd Glebe NSW 2037 Australia homepage: http://www.maxtal.com.au/~skaller voice: 61-2-9660-0850
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