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=0.0 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 47D0FBBC1 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:24:49 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlcBAMQxEUjAXQIniGdsb2JhbACRVgEBAQ8gmlg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,706,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="11426800" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 25 Apr 2008 10:24:49 +0200 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 m3P8OmIm022638 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:24:49 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlcBALIyEUhQRFuwiGdsb2JhbACRVgEBAQ8gmlU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,706,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="25479779" Received: from furbychan.cocan.org ([80.68.91.176]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 25 Apr 2008 10:24:48 +0200 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JpJEe-00089z-3x for caml-list@inria.fr; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:24:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:24:48 +0100 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] [OSR] Standard syntax extensions ? Message-ID: <20080425082447.GB30805@annexia.org> References: <1209052182.6180.35.camel@Blefuscu> <200804241802.19074.jon@ffconsultancy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 48119550.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; syntax:01 0200,:01 berke:01 durak:01 compiler:01 cmo:01 cmi:01 cmxa:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 modules:02 thu:05 extension:06 apr:06 On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:53:36PM +0200, Berke Durak wrote: > We absolutely need a standard serialization solution. > > I'm thinking of Sexplib of course but it could be another one. The reason > it must be standard is that it's difficult to provide > serialization/deserialization functions outside the imlementation. It isn't though. There are several serialization modules (sexplib, deriving, ...), all of them are packaged up so using them is a simple 'apt-get' away. > So Sexplib should be a standard extension, or better, it should be included > in the compiler and used for the .cmo/.cmi/.cmxa files. Why? Rich. -- Richard Jones Red Hat