ocaml/asmcomp/compilenv.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    *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(* Compilation environments for compilation units *)

open Clambda
open Cmx_format

val reset: ?packname:string -> string -> unit
        (* Reset the environment and record the name of the unit being
           compiled (arg).  Optional argument is [-for-pack] prefix. *)

val current_unit_infos: unit -> unit_infos
        (* Return the infos for the unit being compiled *)

val current_unit_name: unit -> string
        (* Return the name of the unit being compiled *)

val make_symbol: ?unitname:string -> string option -> string
        (* [make_symbol ~unitname:u None] returns the asm symbol that
           corresponds to the compilation unit [u] (default: the current unit).
           [make_symbol ~unitname:u (Some id)] returns the asm symbol that
           corresponds to symbol [id] in the compilation unit [u]
           (or the current unit). *)

val symbol_for_global: Ident.t -> string
        (* Return the asm symbol that refers to the given global identifier *)

val global_approx: Ident.t -> Clambda.value_approximation
        (* Return the approximation for the given global identifier *)
val set_global_approx: Clambda.value_approximation -> unit
        (* Record the approximation of the unit being compiled *)
val record_global_approx_toplevel: unit -> unit
        (* Record the current approximation for the current toplevel phrase *)


val need_curry_fun: int -> unit
val need_apply_fun: int -> unit
val need_send_fun: int -> unit
        (* Record the need of a currying (resp. application,
           message sending) function with the given arity *)

val new_const_symbol : unit -> string
val new_const_label : unit -> int
val new_structured_constant : Lambda.structured_constant -> bool -> string
val structured_constants : unit -> (string * bool * Lambda.structured_constant) list

val read_unit_info: string -> unit_infos * Digest.t
        (* Read infos and CRC from a [.cmx] file. *)
val write_unit_info: unit_infos -> string -> unit
        (* Save the given infos in the given file *)
val save_unit_info: string -> unit
        (* Save the infos for the current unit in the given file *)
val cache_unit_info: unit_infos -> unit
        (* Enter the given infos in the cache.  The infos will be
           honored by [symbol_for_global] and [global_approx]
           without looking at the corresponding .cmx file. *)

val cmx_not_found_crc: Digest.t
        (* Special digest used in the [ui_imports_cmx] list to signal
           that no [.cmx] file was found and used for the imported unit *)

val read_library_info: string -> library_infos

type error =
    Not_a_unit_info of string
  | Corrupted_unit_info of string
  | Illegal_renaming of string * string

exception Error of error

val report_error: Format.formatter -> error -> unit