You can try to compile and run the hello_world example of ocaml_plugin: https://github.com/janestreet/ocaml_plugin/blob/master/hello_world It has a Plugin_intf module to specify the type of module expected from loaded file. For you, it should probably be: module type S = sig val equal : ('a * 'a) -> bool end Then you can use Ocaml_compiler module to dynamically load modules with this signature as demonstrated in run.ml On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Matej Kosik < 5764c029b688c1c0d24a2e97cd764f@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/02/14 13:12, Tianyi Cui wrote: > > If you know the type of this string in advance, you can do so with > ocaml_plugin: https://github.com/janestreet/ocaml_plugin > > Hm, imagine that the expected type is: > > 'a * 'a -> bool > > Now, if user provides a string, say: > > "fun (a,b) -> a = b" > > how can I convert that string to Ocaml value of the above type (like how > toplevel does it)? > > Is this something ocaml_plugin is able to do for me? I've failed to figure > out the trick. > > -- > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: > https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/caml-list > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs >