Try:

ocamlmktop -custom inspect.o intro_runtime.ml -o top

This works for me Ocaml 3.06 / OS X 10.2 with the inspect.c example from
the O'Reilly book.

Does it work for you ? If not, what are the error messages ?

Lex

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, jehenrik wrote:

> Are custom toplevels supposed to work under darwin with ocaml 3.06?  I
> have a simple .cpp file from the OReily book:
>
>
> inspect.c:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <caml/mlvalues.h>
>
> extern "C" value inspect (value v)
> {
>    if (Is_long(v))
>      printf ("integer (%ld) : %ld", (long) v, Long_val(v));
>    else if (Is_block(v))
>      printf ("v is a pointer");
>    else
>      printf ("v is neither an integer nor a pointer (???)");
>    printf("   ");
>    fflush(stdout) ;
>    return v ;
> }
>
>
>
>
> and a simple .ml file, intro_runtime.ml:
>
> external inspect1 : 'a -> 'a = "inspect" ;;
> inspect1 123;;
>
>
>
> As a standalone program this works fine:
>
> ocamlc -custom inspect.o intro_runtime.ml -o intro_runtime # this works
>
>
> But this way of making a toplevel, along with all the variations I can
> think of, doesn't:
>
> ocamlmktop -custom inspect.o  -o intro_runtime
>
>
> # external inspect1 : 'a -> 'a = "inspect" ;;
> external inspect1 : 'a -> 'a = "inspect"
> # inspect1;;
> The external function `inspect' is not available
> # inspect1 123;;
> The external function `inspect' is not available
>
>
>
> If this functionality is not ported, I would appreciate it if somebody
> could pass that on to me.
>
>
> Jeff Henrikson
>
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