[MLton] The evils of importing as 'extern'

Stephen Weeks MLton@mlton.org
Wed, 24 May 2006 19:31:46 -0700


> But, what names are exported by platform.h that aren't also exported
> by libmlton.a?

Exports aren't the issue.  The problem is all the things that
platform.h brings in that aren't exported, e.g. #defines.  There is no
reason to have those cause conflicts with user code.