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Module Fl_metascanner


module Fl_metascanner: sig .. end
Parses META files
type formal_pred = [ `NegPred of string | `Pred of string ] 
type flavour = [ `Appendix | `BaseDef ]
`BaseDef refers to META definitions using the "=" operator, and `Appendix refers to definitions using the "+=" operator.

type The Findlib Library : Index of classes

Index of classes


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Module Findlib


module Findlib: sig .. end
The primary findlib interface

The Findlib module is the primary interface of the findlib library. It contains functions to look up packages, to interpret META files, and to determine the ancestors of packages.

This module must be initialized before it can be used: Call either init or init_manually for this.

exception No_such_package of string * string
First arg is the package name not found, second arg contains additional info for the user
exception Package_loop of string
A package is required by itself. The arg is the name of the package
val init : ?env_ocamlpath:string ->
       ?env_ocamlfind_destdir:string ->
       ?env_ocamlfind_metadir:string ->
       ?env_ocamlfind_commands:string ->
       ?env_ocamlfind_ignore_dups_in:string ->
       ?env_camllib:string ->
       ?env_ldconf:string -> ?config:string -> ?toolchain:string -> unit -> unit
Initializes the library from the configuration file and the environment. By default the function reads the file specified at compile time, but you can also pass a different file name in the config argument. Furthermore, the environment variables OCAMLPATH, OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR, OCAMLFIND_COMMANDS, and CAMLLIB are interpreted. By default, the function takes the values found in the environment, but you can pass different values using the env_* arguments. By setting these values to empty strings they are no longer considered. The result of the initialization is determined as follows: