[Caml-list] version of Ocaml...

[Caml-list] version of Ocaml...

[Basile STARYNKEVITCH]

Dear All Ocamlers,

Is there a programmatic way to get the used version of Ocaml? I am
missing a

  val version: string

in stdlib/sys.mli

Also, it seems that every piece of Ocaml code linked together has to
be compiled with exactly the same version of ocaml. This means that
(for example) I cannot try the latest CVS of ocaml while using
ocamlfind and extra libraries installed in the system
places. Apparently, to try the latest CVS I have to recompile all the
extra libraries I've already installed (eg ocamlnet)

Regards.

N.B. Any opinions expressed here are only mine, and not of my organization.
N.B. Les opinions exprimees ici me sont personnelles et n engagent pas le CEA.

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Re: [Caml-list] version of Ocaml...

[Sven Luther]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 11:26:21AM +0200, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote:
> Dear All Ocamlers,
> 
> Is there a programmatic way to get the used version of Ocaml? I am
> missing a
> 
>   val version: string
> 
> in stdlib/sys.mli

you can use :

val version: string
        (* The current version number of the system *)

from utils/config.mli, which contain various other usefull stuff.

You would need to link in the utils/config.ml file yourself though, and
it is not standardly installed when ocaml is built, so you would need to
install it yourself by hand, if i am not mistaken.

Friendly,

Sven Luther
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Re: [Caml-list] version of Ocaml...

[John Max Skaller]

Damien Doligez wrote:

>>Apparently, to try the latest CVS I have to recompile all the
>>extra libraries I've already installed (eg ocamlnet)
>>
>
>Unfortunately, I don't think there is any solution to this problem.
>
Sure there is. You define ocaml as a scripting language.
Just like Python. Then, you compile files that need compilation
as required, automatically.  I bet this can be done with a small tool
which is an extension of 'ocamldep'.

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Re: [Caml-list] version of Ocaml...

[Damien Doligez]

>From: Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile.starynkevitch@cea.fr>

>  val version: string

It is in the CVS version (ocaml_version in stdlib/sys.mli).

>Apparently, to try the latest CVS I have to recompile all the
>extra libraries I've already installed (eg ocamlnet)

Unfortunately, I don't think there is any solution to this problem.

-- Damien
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