]> Olivier Andrieu provided the right answer to this: > This sort of things happen when : > - you have lots of externals in your module (here Perl) > - the module runs some initialization-time code that doesn't appear > in the interface > - the only values referenced by other values are externals > > then the module is in fact not linked in : it's not needed because the > other modules directly call the external functions. The problem is > that often these externals do not work without the proper > initialization. > > Some workarounds are to : > - make the initialization code appear in the .mli, through a init > function for instance > - use `val' instead of `external' in the .mli > - use -linkall when linking the program It works now, but I still think this is a bug. Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://freshmeat.net/users/rwmj Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - all your business data are belong to you. MONOLITH is an advanced framework for writing web applications in C, easier than using Perl & Java, much faster and smaller, reusable widget-based arch, database-backed, discussion, chat, calendaring: http://www.annexia.org/freeware/monolith/ ------------------- 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