[MLton] sequenceNonUnit
Henry Cejtin
henry.cejtin@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:37:49 -0500
If you look in figure 15 (Derived forms of expressions) of the SML standard,
it says that
while exp1 to exp2
is expanded to
let val rec vid =
fn () => if exp1
then (exp2; vid ())
else ()
in vid ()
end
That is why the sequenceUnit option causes the error.
Probably this should be mentioned on the Wiki page, but I like the behavior
and it seems to be correct. After all, the whole point is warning people
about non-unit expressions used in a context where the value is `ignored'.