From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E1DBBCA for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:27:11 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAABb+w0fAXQInh2dsb2JhbACQZAEBAQgKKZw+ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,409,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="8622098" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2008 21:27:10 +0100 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m1QKR9uB012797 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:27:10 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAABb+w0fBMVMQk2dsb2JhbACQZAEBAQEHBAYJIJw+ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,409,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="23077065" Received: from minbis.univ-orleans.fr (HELO min.univ-orleans.fr) ([193.49.83.16]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2008 21:27:09 +0100 Received: from smtps.univ-orleans.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by min.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D0212B3EB for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:27:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.12] (ras75-4-82-235-58-110.fbx.proxad.net [82.235.58.110]) by smtps.univ-orleans.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92F7F36E5B for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:27:12 +0100 (CET) Subject: Deriving + type-conv + OCaml-Templates + camlp4* = ? From: David Teller To: OCaml Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:27:09 +0100 Message-Id: <1204057629.6163.50.camel@Blefuscu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 47C4761D.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; camlp:01 ens-lyon:01 ocaml:01 camlp:01 cheers:01 univ-orleans:01 lifo:01 liquidations:98 modules:02 implemented:02 interaction:02 authors:03 distributed:05 deriving:07 deriving:07 Dear list, Browsing around the net, I've found three "scrap-your-boilerplate"-style projects for OCaml: the simple Type-conv, the ambitious Deriving and the unmaintained OCaml-Templates, and of course the ability to use camlp4/camlp5 for the same purpose. I imagine that there are a number of nice boilerplate-based modules just waiting to be implemented or adopted. As far as I understand, there's no interaction between the project authors, which is a shame. So this is an open call to whoever is in charge of each work: do you think it would be possible for you all to join forces and produce something robust, simple and possible to adopt as a standard ? Cheers, David -- David Teller Security of Distributed Systems http://www.univ-orleans.fr/lifo/Members/David.Teller Angry researcher: French Universities need reforms, but the LRU act brings liquidations.