8.9 Overriding in open statements

## ﻿8.9 Overriding in open statements

(Introduced in OCaml 4.01)

definition | ::= | ...
| ∣ | open! module-path
specification | ::= | ...
| ∣ | open! module-path
expr | ::= | ...
| ∣ | let open! module-path in expr
class-body-type | ::= | ...
| ∣ | let open! module-path in class-body-type
class-expr | ::= | ...
| ∣ | let open! module-path in class-expr

Since OCaml 4.01, open statements shadowing an existing identifier (which is later used) trigger the warning 44. Adding a ! character after the open keyword indicates that such a shadowing is intentional and should not trigger the warning.

This is also available (since OCaml 4.06) for local opens in class expressions and class type expressions.