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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] how to convert strings to Ocaml values at run-time?

On 02/24/2014 05:24 AM, Matej Kosik wrote:
> On 23/02/14 13:12, Tianyi Cui wrote:
>> If you know the type of this string in advance, you can do so with ocaml_plugin: https://github.com/janestreet/ocaml_plugin
>
> Hm, imagine that the expected type is:
>
> 	'a * 'a -> bool
>
> Now, if user provides a string, say:
>
> 	"fun (a,b) -> a = b"
>
> how can I convert that string to Ocaml value of the above type (like how toplevel does it)?
>
> Is this something ocaml_plugin is able to do for me? I've failed to figure out the trick.

I think MLdonkey could do that, but I have no idea how it was doing it.