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From: "Yaron Minsky" <yminsky@cs.cornell.edu>
To: "Martin Jambon" <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>,
	"Diego Olivier FERNANDEZ PONS" <diego.fernandez_pons@etu.upmc.fr>,
	caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: new+old Camlp4 (was Re: [Caml-list] Bug in ocamlyacc)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:38:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <891bd3390704241438nfd62340kb05c09a82aabf4ab@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0704241231220.19902@localhost>

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On 4/24/07, Martin Jambon <martin.jambon@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>
>
> It could go like "the old camlp4 is deprecated, and support will be
> dropped completely [one year after the first stable-and-documented release
> of camlp4 3.10]"
>
> * It means two versions of camlp4 would be distributed and installed with
>   ocaml 3.10.
> * Command names for the new camlp4 would be distinct from the old camlp4.
> * Old programs would still compile and work without having to patch
>   makefiles.
> * Upgraded programs could add new features only to the 3.10 version, while
>   maintaining minimal support (bug fixes) for the 3.09 version, without
>   forcing the camlp4 programmer to use ocaml 3.09 for testing.
> * New programs could support only the new camlp4.


This seems like a great idea.

y




Martin
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-24 21:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-23 22:03 Bug in ocamlyacc David Allsopp
2007-04-24  5:29 ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2007-04-24 10:23   ` Diego Olivier FERNANDEZ PONS
2007-04-24 12:06     ` ls-ocaml-developer-2006
2007-04-24 18:25     ` skaller
2007-04-24 20:17       ` new+old Camlp4 (was Re: [Caml-list] Bug in ocamlyacc) Martin Jambon
2007-04-24 21:38         ` Yaron Minsky [this message]
2007-04-24 22:53           ` new+old Camlp4 ls-ocaml-developer-2006
2007-04-25  1:03         ` new+old Camlp4 (was Re: [Caml-list] Bug in ocamlyacc) skaller
2007-04-25  2:29         ` Daniel de Rauglaudre
2007-04-25 17:11         ` Markus Mottl
2007-04-26  3:00           ` skaller
2007-04-27  9:15           ` new+old Camlp4 Xavier Leroy
2007-04-27 13:43             ` Markus Mottl
2007-05-02  8:03             ` [Caml-list] " Hendrik Tews
2007-04-24 14:32   ` [Caml-list] Bug in ocamlyacc Francois Pottier
2007-04-24 18:59     ` skaller
2007-04-24 19:59       ` Francois Pottier
2007-04-27 15:56     ` brogoff

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