From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA32326; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:08 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA31917 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:07 +0100 (MET) Received: from mwinf1002.wanadoo.fr (ipoutme5.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.21]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2J036Hd006203 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:06 +0100 Received: from vanicat.homelinux.org (ca-bordeaux-2-229.w80-8.abo.wanadoo.fr [80.8.74.229]) by mwinf1002.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id F3BC71C0034F for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from moi by vanicat.homelinux.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1B47Td-0006mo-Lp for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:05 +0100 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] Re: OCaml's Cathedral & Bazaar References: <07FEC955-782B-11D8-850C-000A957FFA4A@csun.edu> <20040318001905.36025.qmail@web41206.mail.yahoo.com> <20040318085638.GA11753@swordfish> <20040318185723.GE27866@speakeasy.org> <20040318211615.GA6024@kefka.frap.net> <20040318223243.GA26776@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> From: Remi Vanicat Mail-Copy-To: never Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 01:03:04 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20040318223243.GA26776@gaia.cc.gatech.edu> (Fernando Alegre's message of "Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:32:43 -0500") Message-ID: <874qslvh3b.dlv@vanicat.homelinux.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml's:01 alegre:01 gatech:01 pervasives:01 -stdlib:01 -stdlib:01 camlp:01 regexps:01 camlp:01 compiler:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 writes:01 remi:01 remi:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 190 Fernando Alegre writes: [...] > > I also think a few more switches in the compiler would mostly put an end to > most complaints and give the community the necessary tools to extend/replace > the libraries. In particular, I feel this is needed: > > 1) A -pre_open switch that opens a given module (searched along the -I path) > This would allow people to replace Pervasives with a custom module. > > 2) -stdlib switches that change the path for the standard library so that > subsequent -I +path is searched under the current standard library path. > Several -stdlib switches should be allowed in the same compilation. > > 3) A firm commitment by the Ocaml team to maintain camlp4 in the future in > the same terms as the rest of the ocaml core. This would be essential > for extensions that depend on syntactic manipulation (such regexps) to > become widespread. I believed that the Ocaml team have already tell us that they will continue to maintain camlp4 inside OCaml several time. -- Rémi Vanicat ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners