Re: [Caml-list] compiling static preprocessors

Wojciech Meyer
2012-03-01T20:14:21Z

Hi Thomas,

Unfortunately I don't have much time to reply right now, so please
excuse lack of information [i am not an camlp4 expert too] and I would
need to see what I did at wok, but as far as I remember mkcamlp4
command helped mi a lot with building custom preprocessors.

Cheers,
Wojciech

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Thomas Gazagnaire
<thomas.gazagnaire@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear camlp4 experts,
>
> I'm trying to compile a static version of a preprocessor built from type-conv and sexplib.
>
> I've tried:
>
> ocamlc dynlink.cma unix.cma \
>       -I +camlp4 camlp4lib.cma -linkall \
>       Camlp4Parsers/Camlp4OCamlRevisedParser.cmo \
>       Camlp4Parsers/Camlp4OCamlParser.cmo \
>       Camlp4Parsers/Camlp4OCamlRevisedParserParser.cmo \
>       Camlp4Parsers/Camlp4OCamlParserParser.cmo \
>       Camlp4Printers/Camlp4AutoPrinter.cmo \
>       Camlp4Bin.cmo \
>       -I +site-lib/type-conv pa_type_conv.cma \
>       -I +site-lib/sexplib pa_sexp_conv.cma \
>       -o sexppp
>
> I've taken the first lines by greping camlp4o.native in ocaml-3.12.1/_build/_log and I've appended what normally follows camlp4o when using sexplib.
>
> The command succeeds at building sexppp, but unfortunately, the preprocessor doesn't work as expected: "./my_pp foo.ml" gives: "Parse error: [semi] expected after [str_item] (in [implem])" for any type followed by "with sexp" in foo.ml.
>
> I am trying to do something crazy or is there a chance to make it work?
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
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