Re: [Caml-list] Intended behavior of GenerateMap

["Nicolas Pouillard" <nicolas.pouillard@gmail.com>]

On 6/8/07, Christian Stork <caml-list@cstork.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is my understanding correct that running "camlp4of -filter map ..." over
>
>     class map = Camlp4Filters.GenerateMap.generated
>
> will produce a map class for *all* types defined in the current file --
> irrespective if the types are incapsulated in a module (which is then
> used for the Camlp4Trash trick)?

Your understanding is correct.

> Wouldn't it be much nicer, i.e., more economical and more precise, if
> the above only produces a map class for the most recently defined type
> / mutually recursive types?

Yes it will be nicer. I don't remember why I didn't do that, perhaps
to don't have to turn the AST definition in one big mutually recursive
type.

> PS: I came to the above question after reading the source and some
> experimentation.  Is there any place where the rationale behind
> GenerateMap/Fold is explained?

Not really the goal was just to "scrap my boiler plate" in OCaml for
the Camlp4 AST (an economy of merely 5000 lines that are generated).

-- 
Nicolas Pouillard