> 
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2002 at 09:55:09PM -0600, Gurr, David (MED, self) wrote:
> > try "ocamlc -dlambda foo.ml"
> 
> Wow. That outputs something that looks a lot like LISP. And -dlambda
> seems to be undocumented, at least in the man page and the HTML user's
> manual. What is it intended for?

Well, -d.... options show intermediate representations used by the
compiler. Lambda code is one of the earliest ones.
This is intented for debugging the compiler.


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> 
> I note that the output is identical except on the fourth line: i/59 vs.
> i/58 . What does that notation represent, by the way?
> 

Internally, all variables are unique, they are characterized by
a name from the source (for readable output) and an integer.


> -- 
> Matt Gushee                 When a nation follows the Way,
> Englewood, Colorado, USA    Horses bear manure through
> mgushee@havenrock.com           its fields;
> http://www.havenrock.com/   When a nation ignores the Way,
>                             Horses bear soldiers through
>                                 its streets.
>                                 

--Luc
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