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From: David MENTRE <dmentre@linux-france.org>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml for embedding
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X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 runtime:01 ocaml:01 runtimes:01 runtime:01 caml-list:01 caml:02 caml:02 embedding:03 startup:05 linked:07 symbols:09 bit:11 might:12 think:13 

Hello,

2010/7/9 Gaspard Bucher <gaspard@teti.ch>:
> From my understanding of the use of
> caml_startup (or caml_main), this means that the caml runtime is
> global.

Yes.

> Is there a way to avoid:
>
> 1. global locking (or locking only during script recompilation)

I don't think so.

> 2. script level encapsulation

I don't know.


You might play with the C symbols and a bit a C pre-processing to
generate several different OCaml runtimes that would be linked with
you application. But, as far as I know, the OCaml runtime has not be
designed to be included several times within the same application.

Sincerely yours,
david