Re: [Caml-list] OCaml 3.11.0 release candidate

[Andres Varon <avaron@gmail.com>]

On Nov 28, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Nicolas Pouillard wrote:

> Excerpts from Andres Varon's message of Fri Nov 28 16:50:14 +0100  
> 2008:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Damien Doligez wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OCaml users,
>>>
>>> We are closing in on version 3.11.0.  A Release Candidate is now
>>> available.
>>> If there are no show-stoppers in this RC, then 3.11.0 will be
>>> officially
>>> released next week.
>>>
>>> The release candidate is available here:
>>> < http://caml.inria.fr/pub/distrib/ocaml-3.11/ >
>>> (look for 3.11.0+rc1)
>>
>> I have a question about the behavior of camlp4orf (and family) in
>> 3.11.0. Now with the availability of native dynlink, it seems like
>> camlp4orf and camlp4orf.opt can load external modules inside the  
>> core.
>> If one looks at their respective help:
>>
>> <file>.(cmo|cma) Load this module inside the Camlp4 core
>> <file>.cmx       Load this module inside the Camlp4 core
>>
>> This is a feature I've been looking for to speedup compilation times.
>> However, if I try the native version, here is what I get:
>>
>> samson:src andres$ camlp4orf.opt poyExtension.cmx
>> Error: don't know what to do with poyExtension.cmx
>> Use option -help for usage
>>
>> Is the usage different for the camlp4*.opt preprocessors?
>
> You should try with .cmxs files.

Oh, of course! Thanks, I was blinded with the help message, maybe it  
can be made explicit on it?

Andres

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