Re: [Caml-list] wrapping a string in an in_channel

["Stéphane Glondu" <steph@glondu.net>]

Le 05/01/2014 09:23, Martin DeMello a écrit :
> Does OCaml have any equivalent to ruby's StringIO, to wrap an
> in_channel around a string and then treat it as if it were a file?

Technically, it should be possible by using low-level Unix machinery
like in the following:

let wrap_string s =
  let infd, outfd = Unix.pipe () in
  let inc = Unix.in_channel_of_descr infd in
  let outc = Unix.out_channel_of_descr outfd in
  let writer () =
    output_string outc s;
    flush outc;
    close_out outc
  in Thread.create writer ();
  inc

... but the other suggestions are probably better...

Cheers,

-- 
Stéphane