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records
Learn records in OCaml with a construct-specific explanation, unique example, engineering boundary, and mastery check.
records is a focused OCaml topic inside Core Values. This lesson explains the construct itself, the state or value it operates on, and the observable result it produces.
Read the example as a small executable experiment. Identify the exact syntax that belongs to records, then change one input and predict the result before running it.
Topic-specific example
type user = { name : string; age : int }
let u = { name = "Mira"; age = 30 }
records has rules that are easy to miss when the example is copied mechanically. Check the feature-specific boundary shown by this construct: scope, mutability, evaluation order, type constraints, lifetime, error behavior, compile-time restrictions, or resource cleanup where applicable.