Stop talking about Pervasives in core library documentation

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Ian Zimmerman 2019-06-20 17:12:08 -07:00 committed by David Allsopp
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### Manual and documentation:
- #8757: Rename Pervasives to Stdlib in core library documentation.
(Ian Zimmerman, review by David Allsopp)
- #7584, #8538: Document .cmt* files in the "overview" of ocaml{c,opt}
(Oxana Kostikova, rewiew by Florian Angeletti)

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This chapter describes the OCaml core library, which is
composed of declarations for built-in types and exceptions, plus
the module "Pervasives" that provides basic operations on these
built-in types. The "Pervasives" module is special in two
the module "Stdlib" that provides basic operations on these
built-in types. The "Stdlib" module is special in two
ways:
\begin{itemize}
\item It is automatically linked with the user's object code files by
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\item It is automatically ``opened'' when a compilation starts, or
when the toplevel system is launched. Hence, it is possible to use
unqualified identifiers to refer to the functions provided by the
"Pervasives" module, without adding a "open Pervasives" directive.
"Stdlib" module, without adding a "open Stdlib" directive.
\end{itemize}
\section*{Conventions}
The declarations of the built-in types and the components of module
"Pervasives" are printed one by one in typewriter font, followed by a
"Stdlib" are printed one by one in typewriter font, followed by a
short comment. All library modules and the components they provide are
indexed at the end of this report.