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"ocaml_beginners"::[] Bug?!
user name
2006-06-04 18:42:02
> Oh of course. Did you stop to consider the fact that
modules names
> themselves can't contain dashes? Since filenames are
also module
> names, it then becomes apparent that using dashes in
filenames for
> OCaml files is a no-no. So in essence, not really a bug
-- more a
> restriction.

Oh I should've added: perhaps you could ask for a feature
request for
ocaml-compilers to reject filenames with dashes in the first
place,
reporting an error.


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"ocaml_beginners"::[] Bug?!
user name
2006-06-01 04:59:25
On Sunday 04 June 2006 19:42, Jonathan Roewen wrote:
> > Oh of course. Did you stop to consider the fact
that modules names
> > themselves can't contain dashes? Since filenames
are also module
> > names, it then becomes apparent that using dashes
in filenames for
> > OCaml files is a no-no. So in essence, not really
a bug -- more a
> > restriction.
>
> Oh I should've added: perhaps you could ask for a
feature request for
> ocaml-compilers to reject filenames with dashes in the
first place,
> reporting an error.

Yes. I complained a while back that the compilers crashed
when you gave them a 
filename beginning with a digit.

My next main gripe is the lack of quotes around names in
error messages...

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
Objective CAML for Scientists
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scient
ists


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