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Edit File: cmx_format.mli

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(*                                 OCaml                                  *)
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(*             Xavier Leroy, projet Gallium, INRIA Rocquencourt           *)
(*                       Pierre Chambart, OCamlPro                        *)
(*           Mark Shinwell and Leo White, Jane Street Europe              *)
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(*   Copyright 2010 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et     *)
(*     en Automatique                                                     *)
(*   Copyright 2013--2016 OCamlPro SAS                                    *)
(*   Copyright 2014--2016 Jane Street Group LLC                           *)
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(*   All rights reserved.  This file is distributed under the terms of    *)
(*   the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, with the          *)
(*   special exception on linking described in the file LICENSE.          *)
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(* Format of .cmx, .cmxa and .cmxs files *)

(* Each .o file has a matching .cmx file that provides the following infos
   on the compilation unit:
     - list of other units imported, with MD5s 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 MD5
   of these infos *)

type export_info =
  | Clambda of Clambda.value_approximation
  | Flambda of Export_info.t

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 option) list; (* Interfaces imported *)
    mutable ui_imports_cmx:(string * Digest.t option) list; (* Infos imported *)
    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_export_info: export_info;
    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/ MD5s *)
    lib_ccobjs: string list;            (* C object files needed *)
    lib_ccopts: string list }           (* Extra opts to C compiler *)

(* Each .cmxs dynamically-loaded plugin contains a symbol
   "caml_plugin_header" containing the following info
   (as an externed record) *)

type dynunit = {
  dynu_name: string;
  dynu_crc: Digest.t;
  dynu_imports_cmi: (string * Digest.t option) list;
  dynu_imports_cmx: (string * Digest.t option) list;
  dynu_defines: string list;
}

type dynheader = {
  dynu_magic: string;
  dynu_units: dynunit list;
}