Re: [Caml-list] [Question] Loading .ml in memory to interact with them.

["François Bobot" <francois.bobot@cea.fr>]

Le 23/03/2017 à 10:37, paul.lachat@edu.univ-fcomte.fr a écrit :
> I need to find a way to put Ocaml program in memory so I could interact with the program
> (call function, get result, find information about the variables, ...) without always reading the file.
>
> That what append when we use the directive #use "file.ml";; in the interactive shell (the toplevel,
> when you type the command ocaml in a shell).
>
> The instruction need to come from a Matlab function. So, I was thinking to create a process who run
> the ocaml command,
> redirect his standard input in a named pipe, redirect his standard output in another named pipe, so
> I could send instructions and received responses.

You can also try to embed the ocaml interpreter inside the Matlab process directly. The ocaml 
compilers libs gives an easy way to control the interpreter: call function, get result, find 
information about the variables, ... . I imagine you could connect it t matlab with a C-binding.

Best,

-- 
François