Re: [Caml-list] Chain Camlp4 syntax extensions?

[Dmitry Bely <dmitry.bely@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Jake Donham <jake@donham.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:13 AM, Dmitry Bely <dmitry.bely@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have two similar syntax extension that generate some functions for
>> each type in the module:
>>
>> EXTEND Gram
>>  str_item:
>>    [ [ "type"; tdl = LIST1 type_declaration SEP "and" ->
>>        ...
>> END;
>
> There is not a good solution without modifying the extensions; looking
> at the signature of the Grammar module, you can modify a grammar but
> not look up or call existing rules / actions.
>
> This problem of combining extensions for type-derived functions is the
> motivation for the type-conv framework:
>
>  http://www.ocaml.info/home/ocaml_sources.html#toc9
>
> It's trivial to convert an extension to use type-conv.

Thanks. But I have not found any docs for type-conv package. Is there
any example demonstrating how to make Camlp4 grammar compatible with
type-conv framework?

>> And another question. For camlp5 it was possible to inject some code
>> into the beginning of the generated file
>
> It should be doable with a filter and a bool ref---inject the code
> into the first str_item then set the flag so you don't add it to the
> others.

Thanks again. Indeed this is the way to go.

- Dmitry Bely