Re: [Caml-list] state of native dynlink on os x

["Jérémie Dimino" <jeremie@dimino.org>]

Le Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:16:30 +0100,
Gabriel Scherer <gabriel.scherer@gmail.com> a écrit :

> This error is not Mac-related (I can reproduce it on my Debian).
> I believe it is a result from the "link-by-need" semantics of the .cma
> and .cmxa: loader.ml does not explicitly depend on test, so when
> producing the executable test.cmxa isn't linked (modules included
> .cm{x,}a, contrarily to .cm{x,o}, are only linked when they are a
> runtime dependency of one of the other modules).
> 
> I can remove the error by either:
> - compiling to "test.cmx" instead of "test.cmxa"
> - or adding a dummy dependency in loader.ml:
>     let () = ignore (Test.f)

You can also use -linkall for building loader.native. In fact -linkall
should always be used when you are using dynlink plugins.

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Jérémie