Re: [Caml-list] Possible use for camlp4

[Daniel de Rauglaudre <daniel.de_rauglaudre@inria.fr>]

Hi,

On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 04:27:27AM +1000, John Max Skaller wrote:

> Hmm.. can camlp4 generate C?

Any program can generate C. For example, this one in OCaml:

   print_string "main () { printf(\"hello, world\\n\"); }\n";
   flush stdout;;

What do you mean by "generate C"? Can you specify, give examples?

Or perhaps you mean "parse C" to include it in an OCaml program? In
this case, no: I did not write any parser with C syntax, because C is
a language of statements and OCaml a language of expressions. The C
syntax is not a good one for the semantics of Camlp4.

Or do you mean if there exist a parser for C program, generating a
syntax tree? I just know that there is a definition of a C syntax tree
somewhere and even somebody having programmed Camlp4 quotations for
this syntax tree (allowing to use the concrete syntax to represent
abstract syntax): I am sorry, I don't remember who, but he recognizes
himself if he reads this mailing list...

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Daniel de RAUGLAUDRE
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