ReScript is implementing[1] what I think is a cool feature that could be useful in upstream OCaml too: optional record fields. E.g., say we have the following record type: type t = { x : int; y : int option } Now, if we want to create a value with y = None, we have to write: { x = 1; y = None } …

Syntax proposal: optional record fields

hongchangwu December 30, 2021, 10:35pm 8

PPX can help here, e.g., this ppx_deriving plugin or this standalone.

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