From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4F53BC8E for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:01:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1N01OPT006241 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:01:24 +0100 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA07227 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:01:24 +0100 (MET) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1N01MbS031420 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:01:23 +0100 Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com (frontend2.internal [10.202.2.151]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68784C5A2C0; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:01:21 -0500 (EST) X-Sasl-enc: F+vM0JGPlRKCwFQUkKfuJg 1109116875 Received: from [172.16.112.115] (burnham.ljcrf.edu [192.231.106.2]) by frontend2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41B0757030B; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:01:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:01:05 -0800 (PST) From: Martin Jambon X-X-Sender: martin@localhost To: Oliver Bandel Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Camlp4 with traditional syntax (was: Camlp4 documentation) In-Reply-To: <20050222102900.GA516@first.in-berlin.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 421BC7D4.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 421BC7D3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 syntax:01 oliver:01 bandel:01 wrote:01 imho:01 pointers:01 syntax:01 ocaml:01 imho:01 ...:98 ...:98 century:98 jambon:02 jambon:02 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Oliver Bandel wrote: [...] > Because I don't know about what you all are talking here, > I hope that the intended Camlp4-Tutorial will explain > such things in more detail. I started writing a tutorial this weekend. There are many things to say, and there are also many things that I ignore... > Not another "we know nearly all, and explain some nifty > details, that you also can see, when looking into the sources > and study them some months/years" documentation, please... :-> > > So, if the indended doc on Camlp4 would > explain in detail what it is good for, what it > provides and how to use it, I (and IMHO many others) > would gain a lot of such a documentation/tutorial. I will try to talk about just what I know, not give too many technical details but rather pointers to the relevant sources of documentation or tips on "What should do in that case?". The goal is just to avoid anyone being stuck more than 2 minutes while trying to extend the syntax of OCaml. > Explaining the details to pwople who already knew > the most stuff, IMHO is not really needed. This can be > done in discussions on the list (or when people > know the tools, they really can look into the sources, > because they know something about what they are intended to do). > > Hoping for a good intruductional tutorial... OK, I will try my best. Martin -- Martin Jambon, PhD Researcher in Structural Bioinformatics since the 20th Century The Burnham Institute http://www.burnham.org San Diego, California