[Caml-list] module dependency question

[Caml-list] module dependency question

[K]

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I have been labouring under the mis-apprehension that the global Path.t's
within the typed AST are sufficient to identify all dependencies of a
module.
But I think the following case illustrates differently:

consider a toplevel definition:
let v = M.f ()
where M.f: unit -> N.t

the dependency on M is clear but because the value v is not inspected in
any way, the type N.t is not a dependency unless going, say, beyond the
type AST description and iterating over the term's exp_type: typexpr
looking for global Path.t's.

Is this reasonable or is there a better way of going about identifying ALL
dependencies?

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Re: [Caml-list] module dependency question

[Florian Angeletti]

In your example, `N` will be a dependency of `M` and thus a transitive 
dependency of the current module.

Re: [Caml-list] module dependency question

[K]

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Is iterating over the typexpr the right or reasonable way of uncovering
that transitive dependency (on type N.t specifically rather than on the
module N in its entirety) without recourse to opening any other file?

On Thu, 16 Jul 2026 at 13:07, Florian Angeletti <octa@polychoron.fr> wrote:

> In your example, `N` will be a dependency of `M` and thus a transitive
> dependency of the current module.
>

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Re: [Caml-list] module dependency question

[Florian Angeletti]

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What is the motivation for adding the constraint of not opening any 
other files?
You will need to open the interface of M to discover its dependencies at 
one point or another.

On 16/07/2026 at 17:19, K wrote :
> Is iterating over the typexpr the right or reasonable way of 
> uncovering that transitive dependency (on type N.t specifically rather 
> than on the module N in its entirety) without recourse to opening any 
> other file?
>
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2026 at 13:07, Florian Angeletti <octa@polychoron.fr> 
> wrote:
>
>     In your example, `N` will be a dependency of `M` and thus a
>     transitive
>     dependency of the current module.
>

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