(* A synthetic example of bootstrapped data structure (suggested by J-C Filliatre) *) module type ORD = sig type t val compare : t -> t -> int end module type SET = sig type elt type t val iter : (elt -> unit) -> t -> unit end type 'a tree = E | N of 'a tree * 'a * 'a tree module Bootstrap2 (MakeDiet : functor (X: ORD) -> SET with type t = X.t tree and type elt = X.t) : SET with type elt = int = struct type elt = int module rec Elt : sig type t = I of int * int | D of int * Diet.t * int val compare : t -> t -> int val iter : (int -> unit) -> t -> unit end = struct type t = I of int * int | D of int * Diet.t * int let compare x1 x2 = 0 let rec iter f = function | I (l, r) -> for i = l to r do f i done | D (_, d, _) -> Diet.iter (iter f) d end and Diet : SET with type t = Elt.t tree and type elt = Elt.t = MakeDiet(Elt) type t = Diet.t let iter f = Diet.iter (Elt.iter f) end