Reloaded syntax documentation?

Reloaded syntax documentation?

[Jan Rehders]

Hi,

> As for original vs. revised syntax, I'm partial to the original
> syntax, but only because that's how I learned.  The error messages it
> produces are problematic, however.  I do like the "reloaded" syntax
> included with 3.10 that is basically original syntax with "end" after
> various constructs.

this inspired me to dig a bit in $install_path/lib/camlp4. Several  
file names sound pretty interesting (mostly the reloaded syntax but  
also stuff with sexy names like CamlP4ExceptionTracer, CamlP4Profiler  
etc.). I had a look in the manual and the camlp4 wiki at [1] but  
could not found too much documentation about them. Neither could I  
figure out how to convert a regular syntax file into reloaded syntax  
using camlp4, there appears to be no printer for it.

So am I stuck to dig into the sources? Is there any documentation  
available for the reloaded syntax and the other stuff in the camlp4  
directory?

greetings,
Jan

Re: [Caml-list] Reloaded syntax documentation?

[Nicolas Pouillard]

Excerpts from Jan Rehders's message of Tue Nov 06 00:22:54 +0100 2007:
> Hi,
> 
> > As for original vs. revised syntax, I'm partial to the original
> > syntax, but only because that's how I learned.  The error messages it
> > produces are problematic, however.  I do like the "reloaded" syntax
> > included with 3.10 that is basically original syntax with "end" after
> > various constructs.
> 
> this inspired me to dig a bit in $install_path/lib/camlp4. Several  
> file names sound pretty interesting (mostly the reloaded syntax but  
> also stuff with sexy names like CamlP4ExceptionTracer, CamlP4Profiler  
> etc.). I had a look in the manual and the camlp4 wiki at [1] but  
> could not found too much documentation about them. Neither could I  
> figure out how to convert a regular syntax file into reloaded syntax  
> using camlp4, there appears to be no printer for it.
> 
> So am I stuck to dig into the sources?

In the mean time yes.

> Is there any documentation  
> available for the reloaded syntax and the other stuff in the camlp4  
> directory?

As always, any help on the wiki is appreciated :)
-- 
Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai