class=font-tt>type handle</span></span>.
In this case, the IDL type in the <span class=machine><span class=font-tt>typedef</span></span> is ignored.</p><p>If the <span class=syntax-token>mltype</span> <span class=syntax-token>(</span> <span class=syntax-token>"</span> <span class=nonterminal>caml-type-expr</span> <span class=syntax-token>"</span> <span class=syntax-token>)</span> attribute is given,
the Caml type is made equal to <span class=nonterminal>caml-type-expr</span>. This is often used
in conjuncti