ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[David Teller]

      Dear list,

 We're happy to inform you that the first alpha version of OCaml
Batteries Included has just been released. You may find the source on
the Forge [1], as well as the release notes [2],  and you can browse the
documentation online, including a detailed presentation of what OCaml
Batteries Included is all about [3].  A GODI package has also been
uploaded for OCaml 3.10 .

The list of features is a tad too long for detailing it here. Let's just
say that there are new or improved data structures, i/o, unicode ropes,
syntax extensions, primitives for invoking some of the tools of the
toolchain, etc.

It's alpha-level code, so use with caution, and not all the features we
have in mind have been implemented yet. On the other hand, any form of
feedback is greatly appreciated.

[1] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/?group_id=17&release_id=44 
[2] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=44
[3] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/docman/?group_id=17 

Have fun coding,
 David

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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[Andrej Bauer]

Very good work! I have a small suggestion: in the instructions on how to
start using the batteries, include a small complete example of a
HelloWorld project which uses batteries (and package it up in a .zip).
This will help people get started. The current instructions presuppose
that the user already has some source code, which is not necessarily the
case.

Best regards,

Andrej

Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[David Teller]

Thanks for the feedback.
In the .tgz, there's actually a directory called examples, which is
supposed to serve that purpose. We should make it clearer, though.

Cheers,
 David


On Sat, 2008-10-11 at 23:27 +0200, Andrej Bauer wrote:
> Very good work! I have a small suggestion: in the instructions on how to
> start using the batteries, include a small complete example of a
> HelloWorld project which uses batteries (and package it up in a .zip).
> This will help people get started. The current instructions presuppose
> that the user already has some source code, which is not necessarily the
> case.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Andrej
> 
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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[Peng Zang]

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Hi,

I think Batteries Included is a great idea and have been looking forward to 
seeing how it turns out.  I've just installed it and have been playing around 
with it.  A quick question, how do you get batteries to work in the toplevel?  
I tried the usual:

  # #use "topfind";;
  # #require "batteries";;
  No such package: bin_prot.syntax - Required by `batteries.bin_prot.syntax'

But I get an error.  Attempts to "#require" batteries.bin_prot.syntax yield 
similar errors.

This is quite important to me.  I don't know what the general sentiment of the 
community is, but the toplevel is one of the major reasons I use OCaml.  In 
fact, for every Makefile I write, I write an equivalent toplevel init file.  
This ensures that any code I write in the toplevel, will compile with no 
changes and vice versa.  Even when making simple edits to compiled code, I 
will open up a toplevel, load the library/file and open the correct name 
space of where the edit will take place (automated with some elisp of 
course).  This allows me to test, in the toplevel, each little change I make.

Thanks in advance,

Peng


  


On Saturday 11 October 2008 09:48:34 am David Teller wrote:
>       Dear list,
>
>  We're happy to inform you that the first alpha version of OCaml
> Batteries Included has just been released. You may find the source on
> the Forge [1], as well as the release notes [2],  and you can browse the
> documentation online, including a detailed presentation of what OCaml
> Batteries Included is all about [3].  A GODI package has also been
> uploaded for OCaml 3.10 .
>
> The list of features is a tad too long for detailing it here. Let's just
> say that there are new or improved data structures, i/o, unicode ropes,
> syntax extensions, primitives for invoking some of the tools of the
> toolchain, etc.
>
> It's alpha-level code, so use with caution, and not all the features we
> have in mind have been implemented yet. On the other hand, any form of
> feedback is greatly appreciated.
>
> [1] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/?group_id=17&release_id=44
> [2] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=44
> [3] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/docman/?group_id=17
>
> Have fun coding,
>  David
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Top-level with compiled libraries, Was: ANN OCaml Batteries Included

[Jan Kybic]

> This is quite important to me.  I don't know what the general sentiment of the 
> community is, but the toplevel is one of the major reasons I use OCaml.  In 
> fact, for every Makefile I write, I write an equivalent toplevel init file.  

Hello. On the subject of using toplevel: I would love to use toplevel
to test my code but I need a lot of compiled libraries (written in C)
- such as FFTW, Lacaml, etc. - and as far as I know, it is not
possible to use compiled code from toplevel. Or am I wrong? Also, some
of my code is quite computationally intensive, so in byte-code it runs
too slowly.

Ideally, I would like to have only the module I am working on in
byte-code, playing with it interactively. All the other (stable)
modules and all the libaries would be a compiled code and the
byte-code and compiled code would seemlessly call each other. Is that
feasible?

Yours,

Jan


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Re: [Caml-list] Top-level with compiled libraries, Was: ANN OCaml Batteries Included

[Daniel Bünzli]

Le 12 oct. 08 à 11:20, Jan Kybic a écrit :

> Hello. On the subject of using toplevel: I would love to use toplevel
> to test my code but I need a lot of compiled libraries (written in C)
> - such as FFTW, Lacaml, etc. - and as far as I know, it is not
> possible to use compiled code from toplevel. Or am I wrong?

Yes. There's no problem using bindings to C from the toplevel.

> Ideally, I would like to have only the module I am working on in
> byte-code, playing with it interactively. All the other (stable)
> modules and all the libaries would be a compiled code and the
> byte-code and compiled code would seemlessly call each other. Is that
> feasible?

AFAIK this is not possible. You will have to use byte code for  
everything except your C code of course.

Daniel

Re: [Caml-list] Top-level with compiled libraries, Was: ANN OCaml Batteries Included

[Daniel Bünzli]

Le 12 oct. 08 à 14:53, Daniel Bünzli a écrit :

> AFAIK this is not possible. You will have to use byte code for  
> everything except your C code of course.

But the release notes of the forthcoming 3.11 [1] has this line :
- ocamlnat: an experimental native toplevel (not built by default).
Daniel

[1] http://camlcvs.inria.fr/cgi-bin/cvsweb/~checkout~/ocaml/Changes? 
rev=1.183;content-type=text%2Fplain

Re: [Caml-list] Top-level with compiled libraries, Was: ANN OCaml Batteries Included

[Markus Mottl]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 5:20 AM, Jan Kybic <kybic@fel.cvut.cz> wrote:
> Hello. On the subject of using toplevel: I would love to use toplevel
> to test my code but I need a lot of compiled libraries (written in C)
> - such as FFTW, Lacaml, etc. - and as far as I know, it is not
> possible to use compiled code from toplevel. Or am I wrong? Also, some
> of my code is quite computationally intensive, so in byte-code it runs
> too slowly.

It is certainly possible to use Lacaml (and presumably also FFTW) in
toplevels.  There shouldn't be any noticable performance penalty,
since almost all of the computation time is spent in external
libraries written in Fortran or C.

Regards,
Markus

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Re: [Caml-list] Top-level with compiled libraries, Was: ANN OCaml Batteries Included

[Peng Zang]

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On Sunday 12 October 2008 05:20:23 am Jan Kybic wrote:
> Also, some
> of my code is quite computationally intensive, so in byte-code it runs
> too slowly.


I run into this problem occasionally as well.  My solution has always been to 
make the test problem smaller.  Eg. I was writing a driving directions 
generator (like Mapquest).  Testing on the US road network was too slow so I 
used the state of New Hampshire.  The toplevel helps my development and 
testing.  Once things look good, then I run on the real stuff with compiled 
code.

Peng
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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[David Teller]

          Hi,

 It seems we forgot one dependency in the README: you need Bin-prot to
get Batteries to work. I must confess that we could have removed that
dependency for Alpha 1, as we don't use any feature of Bin-prot yet.

Cheers,
 David

On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 01:42 -0400, Peng Zang wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think Batteries Included is a great idea and have been looking forward to 
> seeing how it turns out.  I've just installed it and have been playing around 
> with it.  A quick question, how do you get batteries to work in the toplevel?  
> I tried the usual:
> 
>   # #use "topfind";;
>   # #require "batteries";;
>   No such package: bin_prot.syntax - Required by `batteries.bin_prot.syntax'
> 
> But I get an error.  Attempts to "#require" batteries.bin_prot.syntax yield 
> similar errors.
> 
> This is quite important to me.  I don't know what the general sentiment of the 
> community is, but the toplevel is one of the major reasons I use OCaml.  In 
> fact, for every Makefile I write, I write an equivalent toplevel init file.  
> This ensures that any code I write in the toplevel, will compile with no 
> changes and vice versa.  Even when making simple edits to compiled code, I 
> will open up a toplevel, load the library/file and open the correct name 
> space of where the edit will take place (automated with some elisp of 
> course).  This allows me to test, in the toplevel, each little change I make.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Peng
> 
> 
>   
> 
> 
> On Saturday 11 October 2008 09:48:34 am David Teller wrote:
> >       Dear list,
> >
> >  We're happy to inform you that the first alpha version of OCaml
> > Batteries Included has just been released. You may find the source on
> > the Forge [1], as well as the release notes [2],  and you can browse the
> > documentation online, including a detailed presentation of what OCaml
> > Batteries Included is all about [3].  A GODI package has also been
> > uploaded for OCaml 3.10 .
> >
> > The list of features is a tad too long for detailing it here. Let's just
> > say that there are new or improved data structures, i/o, unicode ropes,
> > syntax extensions, primitives for invoking some of the tools of the
> > toolchain, etc.
> >
> > It's alpha-level code, so use with caution, and not all the features we
> > have in mind have been implemented yet. On the other hand, any form of
> > feedback is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > [1] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/?group_id=17&release_id=44
> > [2] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=44
> > [3] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/docman/?group_id=17
> >
> > Have fun coding,
> >  David
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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[Peng Zang]

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On Sunday 12 October 2008 09:59:13 am David Teller wrote:
>           Hi,
>
>  It seems we forgot one dependency in the README: you need Bin-prot to
> get Batteries to work. I must confess that we could have removed that
> dependency for Alpha 1, as we don't use any feature of Bin-prot yet.
>
> Cheers,
>  David


Thanks for your help.  Installing Bin-prot has seemed to fix that error.  
Unfortunately, now I get a different one.  To give some context, I am trying 
to create an equivalent toplevel init.ml file that corresponds to the 
ocamlbuild _tags file. 

To build a project with Batteries all you need is "<*>: use_batteries" in the 
_tags file.  I don't really use ocamlbuild so I am assuming the _tags file 
plays a similar role to your normal Makefile.

My equivalent init.ml file which aims to start an ocamltoplevel in an 
environment where any code that compiles will run in the toplevel consists, 
so far of:

  #use "topfind"
  #require "batteries"

The new error is: Reference to undefined global `Ref'

I am not familiar with Ref.  It looks like it's a module in Batteries, so I'm 
not sure why it's throwing this error.  I tried to open Data.Mutable to see 
if perhaps things worked despite the warning, but it does not appear to be 
so.

Any ideas?  I've attached the complete output below for reference.


Thanks in advance,


Peng





        Objective Caml version 3.10.2

# #use "topfind";;
- - : unit = ()
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
Findlib has been successfully loaded. Additional directives:
  #require "package";;      to load a package
  #list;;                   to list the available packages
  #camlp4o;;                to load camlp4 (standard syntax)
  #camlp4r;;                to load camlp4 (revised syntax)
  #predicates "p,q,...";;   to set these predicates
  Topfind.reset();;         to force that packages will be reloaded
  #thread;;                 to enable threads

- - : unit = ()
# #require "batteries";;
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/bigarray.cma: loaded
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/nums.cma: loaded
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top: added to search 
path
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top/num_top.cma: loaded
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num: added to search path
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib: added to search 
path
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib/sexplib.cma: loaded
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/unix.cma: loaded
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/str.cma: loaded
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib: added to search 
path
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[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4: added to search path
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/camomile] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/camomile: added to search 
path
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/camomile/camomile.cma: 
loaded
[.] [/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/batteries_nothreads] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/camomile] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/sexplib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/num-top] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/findlib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib] 
[/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/std-lib/camlp4] 
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/batteries_nothreads: added 
to search path
/home/peng/app-data/godi-latest/lib/ocaml/pkg-lib/batteries_nothreads/batteries.cma: 
loaded
Reference to undefined global `Ref'
# open Data.Mutable;;
Characters 0-17:
  open Data.Mutable;;
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Unbound module Data.Mutable
# 






On Sunday 12 October 2008 09:59:13 am David Teller wrote:
>           Hi,
>
>  It seems we forgot one dependency in the README: you need Bin-prot to
> get Batteries to work. I must confess that we could have removed that
> dependency for Alpha 1, as we don't use any feature of Bin-prot yet.
>
> Cheers,
>  David
>
> On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 01:42 -0400, Peng Zang wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think Batteries Included is a great idea and have been looking forward
> > to seeing how it turns out.  I've just installed it and have been playing
> > around with it.  A quick question, how do you get batteries to work in
> > the toplevel? I tried the usual:
> >
> >   # #use "topfind";;
> >   # #require "batteries";;
> >   No such package: bin_prot.syntax - Required by
> > `batteries.bin_prot.syntax'
> >
> > But I get an error.  Attempts to "#require" batteries.bin_prot.syntax
> > yield similar errors.
> >
> > This is quite important to me.  I don't know what the general sentiment
> > of the community is, but the toplevel is one of the major reasons I use
> > OCaml.  In fact, for every Makefile I write, I write an equivalent
> > toplevel init file. This ensures that any code I write in the toplevel,
> > will compile with no changes and vice versa.  Even when making simple
> > edits to compiled code, I will open up a toplevel, load the library/file
> > and open the correct name space of where the edit will take place
> > (automated with some elisp of course).  This allows me to test, in the
> > toplevel, each little change I make.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Peng
> >
> > On Saturday 11 October 2008 09:48:34 am David Teller wrote:
> > >       Dear list,
> > >
> > >  We're happy to inform you that the first alpha version of OCaml
> > > Batteries Included has just been released. You may find the source on
> > > the Forge [1], as well as the release notes [2],  and you can browse
> > > the documentation online, including a detailed presentation of what
> > > OCaml Batteries Included is all about [3].  A GODI package has also
> > > been uploaded for OCaml 3.10 .
> > >
> > > The list of features is a tad too long for detailing it here. Let's
> > > just say that there are new or improved data structures, i/o, unicode
> > > ropes, syntax extensions, primitives for invoking some of the tools of
> > > the toolchain, etc.
> > >
> > > It's alpha-level code, so use with caution, and not all the features we
> > > have in mind have been implemented yet. On the other hand, any form of
> > > feedback is greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > [1] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/?group_id=17&release_id=44
> > > [2] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=44
> > > [3] http://forge.ocamlcore.org/docman/?group_id=17
> > >
> > > Have fun coding,
> > >  David
> >
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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[David Teller]

I can reproduce the error. If you don't mind, let's continue that
discussion on the Batteries-devel mailing-list [1].

Thanks for the bug report,
 David

[1]
http://lists.forge.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/batteries-devel 


On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 13:00 -0400, Peng Zang wrote:
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> On Sunday 12 October 2008 09:59:13 am David Teller wrote:
> >           Hi,
> >
> >  It seems we forgot one dependency in the README: you need Bin-prot to
> > get Batteries to work. I must confess that we could have removed that
> > dependency for Alpha 1, as we don't use any feature of Bin-prot yet.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >  David
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help.  Installing Bin-prot has seemed to fix that error.  
> Unfortunately, now I get a different one.  To give some context, I am trying 
> to create an equivalent toplevel init.ml file that corresponds to the 
> ocamlbuild _tags file. 
> 
> To build a project with Batteries all you need is "<*>: use_batteries" in the 
> _tags file.  I don't really use ocamlbuild so I am assuming the _tags file 
> plays a similar role to your normal Makefile.
> 
> My equivalent init.ml file which aims to start an ocamltoplevel in an 
> environment where any code that compiles will run in the toplevel consists, 
> so far of:
> 
>   #use "topfind"
>   #require "batteries"
> 
> The new error is: Reference to undefined global `Ref'
> 
> I am not familiar with Ref.  It looks like it's a module in Batteries, so I'm 
> not sure why it's throwing this error.  I tried to open Data.Mutable to see 
> if perhaps things worked despite the warning, but it does not appear to be 
> so.
> 
> Any ideas?  I've attached the complete output below for reference.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> Peng

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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[Peng Zang]

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On Sunday 12 October 2008 02:43:08 pm David Teller wrote:
> I can reproduce the error. If you don't mind, let's continue that
> discussion on the Batteries-devel mailing-list [1].
>
> Thanks for the bug report,
>  David
>
> [1]
> http://lists.forge.ocamlcore.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/batteries-devel
>

Not at all, thank you guys for all your hard work on this.  It looks very 
cool.  I've moved this thread over to batteries-devel.

Peng
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Re: [Caml-list] ANN OCaml Batteries Included alpha 1

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 03:48:34PM +0200, David Teller wrote:
>  We're happy to inform you that the first alpha version of OCaml
> Batteries Included has just been released.

Wonderful news, thanks!

I've made available the first draft Debian packages of batteries
included, you can find them at
http://people.debian.org/~zack/ocaml-batteries/. More info in this
blog post:
http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2008/10/ocaml_batteries_included_debian_packages/

Cheers.

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