Hi Ashish It is bit too early since OCamlOScope currently lacks hyperlinks from search results to the corresponding module/package overviews. But apart from that it covers lots more modules and packages than OCaml API Search :-) Jun On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Ashish Agarwal wrote: > Does this supersede search.ocaml.jp? Shall we change the "OCaml API > Search" link on the front page of ocaml.org? > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Jun Furuse wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I have launched a new OCaml API search, OCaml◎Scope at >> http://ocamloscope.herokuapp.com . >> >> OCaml◎Scope is a type directed library search, derived work from OCaml >> API Search by Mizuno and its ancestor OCamlBrowser by Garrigue. It is also >> inspired from Hoogle, the same API search engine for Haskell by MItchell, >> which I regularly use in my Haskell :-) job. >> >> * Fast and Portable. It loads everything in memory, unlike OCaml API >> Search and OCamlBrowser which load compiled interface files (*.cmi) >> dynamically. The data file is extracted from compiled files but >> self-contained, so the search engine does not require to compile the >> libraries locally. >> * No use of unification but edit distance of types like Hoogle. >> Unification does not provide good results in type directed search, and is >> costy. >> * OCamlFind and OPAM friendly. OCaml◎Scope knows which items are from >> which OCamlFind and OPAM packages. >> * OCamlDoc: it also extracts OCamlDoc comments, if possible. >> * Small: it can even run as a heroku app. Currently it carries 245k >> entries from 76 OCamlFind packages including Core and Batteries, but the >> data file (as a marshalled OCaml value) is still 20Mb. >> >> There are lots of todos but I think the search results look well sane so >> far. If you find something strange please drop by >> https://bitbucket.org/camlspotter/ocamloscope-server/issues?status=new&status=open and >> leave some comments. Thanks! >> >> Jun Furuse >> >> >