]> On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 02:09:46PM +0200, rixed@happyleptic.org wrote: > While learning OCaml, I just coded a small program that dumps > the full content of a cmi file. I find this more usefull than > ocamlbrowser or to use the toplevel to have a small command line > driven dumper, and it was also a good pretext to have a look > under the cover. You might also want to look at 'cmigrep'. > The problem is : most of the usefull types and functions are > installed in the toplevellib.cma but I can't use this without > the proper cmi files (I need config.cmi for cmi_magic_number, > printtyp.cmi and typemod.cmi for printing signatures, but > env.cmi would be nice to have as well for read_signature). > > Of course I can use those left in ocaml-3.11.1 directory after > compilation, but having them installed would help the creation > and distribution of such tools. This is really a packaging issue. I believe that Debian already ship the compiled sources to OCaml as a separate package, mostly for this reason. (Fedora doesn't, but probably we should follow Debian in this respect). Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat