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[Caml-list] Why not 'include' in an .mli file?
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| From: | Richard Jones <rich@a...> |
| Subject: | [Caml-list] Why not 'include' in an .mli file? |
I have a library which for various reasons is split into two modules, called them Analysis_p and Analysis. I want end-user programs to be able to 'open Analysis', and get all the symbols from both modules. This is simple enough using the 'include' directive: analysis.ml: include Analysis_p (* plus a few extra functions *) However when I added an analysis.mli file, I found that I could not automatically 'include' symbols from Analysis_p. The following doesn't work: analysis.mli: include Analysis_p (* plus a few extra prototypes *) ocamlc -w s -g -I +pcre -I +postgres -I +dbi -c analysis.mli File "analysis.mli", line 1, characters 8-24: Unbound module type Analysis_p Instead it seems, as far as I can see, that I have to list out all the prototypes again in analysis.mli. Is this so? If so, it's a pain for me, and means that prototypes for one function exist in two different places (also I don't control Analysis_p directly, so it requires extra coordination). Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment MAKE+ is a sane replacement for GNU autoconf/automake. One script compiles, RPMs, pkgs etc. Linux, BSD, Solaris. http://www.annexia.org/freeware/makeplus/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners