Re: [Caml-list] Bug in sexplib 7.0.4?

[Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net>]

On 10/03/2011 10:30 AM, Markus Mottl wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:23, Michael Ekstrand <michael@elehack.net> wrote:
>> I'm trying to build code against sexplib 7.0.4, and the code emitted by
>> the syntax extension has unqualified references to the base converters
>> like sexp_of_list and int_of_sexp. The result is that the sexplib-using
>> code fails to compile with undefined references. I've found this trying
>> to rebuild rpmdepsize, and also with some test code I have.
>>
>> Is this a bug in 7.0.4, or are there source-level changes required to
>> build against recent versions of sexplib? It feels more like a bug to
>> me, as I shouldn't need to open a module like Sexplib.Conv to make the
>> generated code work.
> This is indeed intended behavior, which is unfortunately not yet
> well-documented.  The library used to generate code with hard-coded
> module paths to the standard conversion functions.  This made it hard
> to override them.  The new library therefore requires you to "open
> Sexplib.Std" (not Sexplib.Conv btw.) if you are happy with all
> standard converters.  The effort is minimal, makes it explicit what
> conversion functions are being used, and overriding is as easy as
> (automatic) rebinding.

Thank you for the update. Could you add a note to this effect to the
README for a future release?

Thanks!
- Michael