Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Ocaml indent?

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John Max Skaller wrote:

>
>> My general philosophy on labels is that they should only be used when 
>> there is a real good reason to use them.  What a 'real good reason' 
>> is I'm still working on.
>
>
>
> Good reason (1) is obvious: there are a LOT of arguments.
>
> Good reason (2) might be: there are several arguments of the same
>
> type and no natural order the programmer might guess at, or,
> the chosen order differs from the C function it is wrapping.
>
> Good reason (3) is related to both: there are many arguments
> and some are optional (so labels are necessary to invoke
> the defaults).
>
> Another less good reason is: there are enough arguments
> and lack of natural ordering, and the client is
> likely to want to curry the function with subsets
> of the arguments, perhaps multiple times. 

All seem to me good enough reasons. Shall we push it as a recommendation 
for contributions?

But remember that some Standardlib functions come in two guises now: 
labelled and unlabelled.

Regards.

        Fran Valverde