On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 01:18:51AM +0000, Dmitri Boulytchev wrote:
>     is it possible to convert OCaml expression into string within syntax
> extension? In past version
> it could be done by string_of function.

Maybe you can do like this:

% cat pa_soe.ml4

module Id =
  struct
	let name = "Pa_soe"
	let version = "$Id: Pa_soe mer 17 oct 2007 00:19:12 CEST $"
  end

module Make (Syntax : Camlp4.Sig.Camlp4Syntax) =
  struct
	include Syntax
	
	let print_interf ?input_file ?output_file ast = ()
	let print_implem ?input_file ?output_file ast = ()
	
	module PP = Camlp4.Printers.OCaml.Make(Syntax)
	
	let pp = new PP.printer ~comments: false ()
	
	let string_of_expr expr =
	  let buf = Buffer.create 42 in
	  let () = Format.bprintf buf "%a@?" pp#expr expr in
	  let str = Buffer.contents buf
	  in if str = "" then assert false else str
	
	EXTEND Gram
	  GLOBAL: expr;
	  expr: LEVEL "."
		(* A macro building a 2-tuple string * expr.
		 * Example: `(name) gives ("name", name) *)
		[ [ "`"; "("; e = SELF; ")" -> <:expr< $str:string_of_expr e$,$exp:e$ >> ] ];
	END
  end

module M = Camlp4.Register.OCamlSyntaxExtension(Id)(Make)

% camlp4of -o pa_soe.ml -loc _loc -printer o -impl pa_soe.ml4
% ocamlc -c -I +camlp4 pa_soe.ml
% cat test.ml4
prerr_endline (fst `((=) (6 * 9) 42))

% camlp4of -o test.ml -loc _loc pa_soe.cmo -printer o -impl test.ml4
% ocamlc -c test.ml
% ocamlc -o test.tpo test.cmo
% ./test.tpo
(6 * 9) = 42

Bonus, how I have found this:

% cd /usr/local/src/ocaml/_cvs/ocaml/camlp4
% grep -R string_of * > /tmp/out
% vim /tmp/out
There is a line:
boot/camlp4boot.ml:        let string_of_patt patt =
% vim boot/camlp4boot.ml
There is a line:
           let () = Format.bprintf buf "%a@?" pp#patt patt in
Match against "method patt"
2nd match: just above (with vim's line folding) there is a "method expr"
% grep -R "method expr" * > /tmp/out2
% vim /tmp/out2
Encouraging lines:
Camlp4/Printers/OCaml.ml:    method expr_list f =
Camlp4/Printers/OCaml.ml:    method expr_list_cons simple f e = 
Camlp4/Printers/OCaml.ml:    method expr f e =
% vim Camlp4/Printers/OCaml.ml
Seems like the holy grail.
pa_soe.ml4 is derivated from the module Make holding string_of_patt (boot/camlp4boot.ml)