Re: [Caml-list] toplevellib.cma broken?

[Jonathan Roewen <jonathan.roewen@gmail.com>]

> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use toplevellib in my kernel, and I'm having some -very-
> > weird problems.
> >
> > Here's a sample session on my kernel:
> >
> > caml> 45;;
> > - : int = 45
> > caml> print_int 4;;
> > Error parsing/evaluating expression: Typecode.Error(_,_)
> > caml> 45.67;;
> > Error parsing/evaluating expression: Failure("float_of_string")
> > caml> 45;;
> > Error parsing/evaluating expression: Failure("float_of_string")

Well, I found the Errors module for formatting exceptions. That seems
to help a little bit.

But I have one really weird problem: all the symbols in Pervasives
aren't defined.

Also: it seems to choke on strings, and invoking functions.

For example: "Base_io.print_int 45;;" gets printed, but then it locks up.

Also, entering "45.67;;" kills the toplevel interpreter.

I have:

try
  Toploop.initialize_toplevel_env();
  let eval txt = let lb = (Lexing.from_string txt) in
    let phr = !Toploop.parse_toplevel_phrase lb in
    Toploop.execute_phrase true Format.std_formatter phr
  in

  while true do
    try
      Console.printf "caml> ";
      ignore (eval (IO.read_line stdin))
    with e -> Errors.report_error Format.std_formatter e;
  done;
with
| Env.Error e -> Env.report_error2 e
| e -> Printf.printf "Toploop died: %s\n" (Printexc.to_string e);

Obviously, the exception escapes the first try/with. Perhaps the
floating point is a problem with DST -- I'll have to double check on
the floating point stuff.

However, the rest is of great importance to me. It's loading
pervasives fine, as far as I can tell. So why aren't the symbols
defined???

Jonathan