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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    *)
(*  under the terms of the Q Public License version 1.0.               *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(* Compilation environments for compilation units *)

open Clambda

(* Each .o file has a matching .cmx file that provides the following infos
   on the compilation unit:
     - list of other units imported, with CRCs of their .cmx files
     - approximation of the structure implemented
       (includes descriptions of known functions: arity and direct entry
        points)
     - list of currying functions and application functions needed
   The .cmx file contains these infos (as an externed record) plus a CRC
   of these infos *)

type unit_infos =
  { mutable ui_name: string;                    (* Name of unit implemented *)
    mutable ui_symbol: string;            (* Prefix for symbols *)
    mutable ui_defines: string list;      (* Unit and sub-units implemented *)
    mutable ui_imports_cmi: (string * Digest.t) list; (* Interfaces imported *)
    mutable ui_imports_cmx: (string * Digest.t) list; (* Infos imported *)
    mutable ui_approx: value_approximation;     (* Approx of the structure *)
    mutable ui_curry_fun: int list;             (* Currying functions needed *)
    mutable ui_apply_fun: int list;             (* Apply functions needed *)
    mutable ui_send_fun: int list;              (* Send functions needed *)
    mutable ui_force_link: bool }               (* Always linked *)

(* Each .a library has a matching .cmxa file that provides the following
   infos on the library: *)

type library_infos =
  { lib_units: (unit_infos * Digest.t) list;  (* List of unit infos w/ CRCs *)
    lib_ccobjs: string list;            (* C object files needed *)
    lib_ccopts: string list }           (* Extra opts to C compiler *)

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 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
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