On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:23, Michael Ekstrand <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to build code against sexplib 7.0.4, and the code emitted by > the syntax extension has unqualified references to the base converters > like sexp_of_list and int_of_sexp. The result is that the sexplib-using > code fails to compile with undefined references. I've found this trying > to rebuild rpmdepsize, and also with some test code I have. > > Is this a bug in 7.0.4, or are there source-level changes required to > build against recent versions of sexplib? It feels more like a bug to > me, as I shouldn't need to open a module like Sexplib.Conv to make the > generated code work.
This is indeed intended behavior, which is unfortunately not yet well-documented. The library used to generate code with hard-coded module paths to the standard conversion functions. This made it hard to override them. The new library therefore requires you to "open Sexplib.Std" (not Sexplib.Conv btw.) if you are happy with all standard converters. The effort is minimal, makes it explicit what conversion functions are being used, and overriding is as easy as (automatic) rebinding. Regards, Markus -- Markus Mottl http://www.ocaml.info [email protected] -- Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
