[ocaml/en] Change the example of mutually recursive functions

Change the example to a meaningful and self-contained example of
mutually recursive functions.
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Chenggang Duan 2015-02-12 16:54:26 +08:00
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@ -144,11 +144,16 @@ x + y ;;
(* Alternatively you can use "let ... and ... in" construct.
This is especially useful for mutually recursive functions,
with ordinary "let .. in" the compiler will complain about
unbound values.
It's hard to come up with a meaningful but self-contained
example of mutually recursive functions, but that syntax
works for non-recursive definitions too. *)
let a = 3 and b = 4 in a * b ;;
unbound values. *)
let rec
is_even = function
| 0 -> true
| n -> is_odd (n-1)
and
is_odd = function
| 0 -> false
| n -> is_even (n-1)
;;
(* Anonymous functions use the following syntax: *)
let my_lambda = fun x -> x * x ;;