Re: [Caml-list] Ocamlbuild: could help embedding Ocaml code into shared object?

[Matthieu Dubuget <matthieu.dubuget@gmail.com>]

Romain Bardou a écrit :
> Matthieu Dubuget a écrit :
>> I often deliver my work as shared objects (DLL, in fact, because I'm
>> stuck with Windows at work).
>>
>> I would like to have ocamlbuild take care of this, but I don't know
>> exactly how to do it?
>>
>> The idea would be to split the work in two separate rules.
>>
>> The first rule generates a shared object from the Objective Caml code:
>>
>> rule "mloo & cmx* -> native.oo.o"
>>      ~dep:"%.mloo"
>>      ~prod:"%.native.oo.o"
>>      action_for_nativecode
>>
>> rule "mloo & cmo* -> byte.oo.o"
>>      ~dep:"%.mloo"
>>      ~prod:"%.byte.oo.o"
>>      action_for_bytecode
>>
>> The actions should return commands with A "-output-obj". But I do not
>> know how to write them. It would need a mechanism similar to the one
>> used for mlpack. For example, one .mloo file listing the ocaml files to
>> link into the output object. Dynamic dependencies are to be generated
>> from the content of the .mloo file.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have no idea how to write that?
>>
>> The second rule would generate a shared object from the .o files.
>> Maybe the current clib is enough? I have to add a flag to link
>> the runtime engine by adding -lasmrun -lm -ldl (-lm and -ldl being
>> deduced from the output of ocaml* -config).
>>
>> Am I looking in the right direction?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help
>>
>> Matt
>
> I know nothing about DLLs and OCaml but if I understand correctly, you
> need the following.
>
> 1) How to parse a file similar to a .mllib file in a plug-in. There is
> an example in the Ocamlfind plug-in on the wiki:
>
> http://brion.inria.fr/gallium/index.php/Using_ocamlfind_with_ocamlbuild#Source
>
>
> You want to look at the find_packages function.
>
> 2) How to generate dynamic dependencies. This is done by calling the
> second argument of the function you give to the rule function. This is
> also explained in the wiki:
>
> http://brion.inria.fr/gallium/index.php/Making_plugins#Dynamic_dependencies
>
>
> I hope it helps.
>
Thanks for the links Romain. I will have a look.

Matt