Re: [Caml-list] How to Create Sensible Debugging Information when Dynamically Typechecking Code Generated with camlp5 Quotations

["Nicolas Pouillard" <nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com>]

Note: Camlp4 give you locations relative to the entire program ;)

Regards,

Excerpts from echinuz echinuz's message of Fri Dec 14 22:22:23 +0100 2007:
> I have a DSL that I embedded using quotations with camlp5.  Essentially, there
> are a number of features that are useful in ocaml, such as file io, that I
> don't want to add to the language.  Using quotations allows me to add these
> features.  The language, by itself, can be statically type checked, but since I
> allow antiquotations I must type check at runtime.  Unfortunately, I'm having
> trouble figuring out a sensible way to add debugging information during type
> checking.  A typical program looks like this:
> 
> let x=... in
> let prog= <:prog<
>      embedded commands...
>      more embedded commands...
> >> in
> execute prog;;
> 
> The problem with location information generated in camlp5 is that it gives the
> location relative to the quote.  I'm more interested in location information
> relative to the entire program.  One thought is to run the file through camlp5
> twice and generate location information using trick similar to __LOCATION__
> from pa_macro.  However, since the first pass through expands the quotations,
> the subsequent location information tends to be deceptive.
> 
> Is there a good way to generate this location information?  Or, more generally,
> is there a better way to type check the resulting program?
>  

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Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai