Thanks to everybody who responded.

To clarify things:
I'm trying to _compile_ a list definition.
So, my .ml file looks like this:

---
let myList = [("first", ["some"; more]);
("second", ["more"; "still"])]
---
except that there are 12,000 elements in the list instead of two as in
the example.
_ocamlc_ throws a Stack_overflow error while compiling this list. So,
I want to know how to influence _ocamlc_ to be able to compile this or
larger lists.

The suggestion of chunkifying the list into smaller lists is a
practical one; I may be forced to try it.

ocamlc.opt compiles the list fine but that reduces portability.

-mulhern

Note that ocamlc.opt should produce exactly the same code than ocamlc.... The difference is that the compiler is natively compiled instead of byte-compiled. Therefor your program will run in as many places it just won't compile on plateforms without ocamlc.opt. You could put your list in a separate module, byte compile it and "include" it in the reste of your source. This *should* solve the problem (I might be wrong) and you could still bundle the rest of your sources in a way that would allow to compile them with ocamlc.

Till