Re: [Caml-list] META file standards for ppx extensions

["Daniel Bünzli" <daniel.buenzli@erratique.ch>]

Le vendredi, 10 avril 2015 à 13:25, Gerd Stolpmann a écrit :
> > and are things that get in the way/you have to consider when you need to debug build systems.
>  
> Why is it in the way?

Passing uneeded arguments to utility invocations is noisy and confusing when I need to understand what is happening. These are instructions I have to consider to eventually realize they end up doing nothing.  

I guess you wouldn't find it acceptable to have a program that calls functions passing them random arguments that have no effects whatsoever. Why should it be so on the command line ?

> I think you are hunting a ghost animal. The ocamlfind wrapper is fast
> enough that you can ignore it, and skipping it will only so minimally
> speed up builds that it is not worth doing it.

As was already mentioned in the discussion, there are benefits beyond saving the cost to the ocamlfind wrapper to be able to cleanly separate the compilation phases.

Best,

Daniel