ocaml/utils/config.mli

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(*                           Objective Caml                            *)
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(*            Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt         *)
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(*  Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    *)
(*  under the terms of the Q Public License version 1.0.               *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(* System configuration *)

val version: string
        (* The current version number of the system *)

val standard_library: string
        (* The directory containing the standard libraries *)
val standard_runtime: string
        (* The full path to the standard bytecode interpreter ocamlrun *)
val ccomp_type: string
        (* The "kind" of the C compiler: one of
               "cc" (for Unix-style C compilers)
               "msvc" (Microsoft Visual C++)
               "mrc" (Macintosh MPW) *)
val bytecomp_c_compiler: string
        (* The C compiler to use for compiling C files 
           with the bytecode compiler *)
val bytecomp_c_linker: string
        (* The C compiler to use for building custom runtime systems
           with the bytecode compiler *)
val bytecomp_c_libraries: string
        (* The C libraries to link with custom runtimes *)
val native_c_compiler: string
        (* The C compiler to use for compiling C files 
           with the native-code compiler *)
val native_c_linker: string
        (* The C compiler to use for the final linking step
           in the native code compiler *)
val native_c_libraries: string
        (* The C libraries to link with native-code programs *)
val native_partial_linker: string
        (* The linker to use for partial links (ocamlopt -output-obj) *)
val native_pack_linker: string
        (* The linker to use for packaging (ocamlopt -pack) *)
val ranlib: string
        (* Command to randomize a library, or "" if not needed *)
val binutils_nm: string
        (* The "nm" command from GNU binutils, or "" if not available *)
val binutils_objcopy: string
        (* The "objcopy" command from GNU binutils, or "" if not available *)
val cc_profile : string
        (* The command line option to the C compiler to enable profiling. *)

val load_path: string list ref
        (* Directories in the search path for .cmi and .cmo files *)

val interface_suffix: string ref
        (* Suffix for interface file names *)

val exec_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for bytecode executable files *)
val cmi_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for compiled interface files *)
val cmo_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for object bytecode files *)
val cma_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for archive files *)
val cmx_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for compilation unit descriptions *)
val cmxa_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for libraries of compilation unit descriptions *)
val ast_intf_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for file holding an interface syntax tree *)
val ast_impl_magic_number: string
        (* Magic number for file holding an implementation syntax tree *)

val max_tag: int
        (* Biggest tag that can be stored in the header of a regular block. *)
val lazy_tag : int
        (* Normally the same as Obj.lazy_tag.  Separate definition because
           of technical reasons for bootstrapping. *)
val max_young_wosize: int
        (* Maximal size of arrays that are directly allocated in the
           minor heap *)
val stack_threshold: int
        (* Size in words of safe area at bottom of VM stack,
           see byterun/config.h *)

val architecture: string
        (* Name of processor type for the native-code compiler *)
val model: string
        (* Name of processor submodel for the native-code compiler *)
val system: string
        (* Name of operating system for the native-code compiler *)

val ext_obj: string
        (* Extension for object files, e.g. [.o] under Unix. *)
val ext_asm: string
        (* Extension for assembler files, e.g. [.s] under Unix. *)
val ext_lib: string
        (* Extension for library files, e.g. [.a] under Unix. *)
val ext_dll: string
        (* Extension for dynamically-loaded libraries, e.g. [.so] under Unix.*)

val default_executable_name: string
        (* Name of executable produced by linking if none is given with -o,
           e.g. [a.out] under Unix. *)