Re: ledit fails to build with 3.09.0, camlp4 antiquotations and missing _loc ...

[Samuel Mimram <samuel.mimram@ens-lyon.org>]

Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 01:42:25AM +0200, Sylvain LE GALL wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 11:40:18PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Well, my first test of building something with ocaml 3.09.0 failed, namely
> > > ledit, due to some obscure camlp4 magic :
> > >
> > >  camlp4r pa_extend.cmo q_MLast.cmo pa_local.ml -o pa_local.ppo
> > >  File "", line 34, characters 13-65:
> > >  use of antiquotation syntax deprecated since version 3.06+18
> > >  ocamlc -I `camlp4 -where` -c -impl pa_local.ppo
> > >  File "pa_local.ml", line 19, characters 0-1:
> > >  Unbound value _loc
> > >  make: *** [pa_local.cmo] Error 2
> > >
> > > It would be nice if someone with camlp4 knowledge could have a look.
> >
> > Being actually in camlp4 programming, i think i can manage this ! (at
> > least i have already correct both of this kind of error on my own).
> >
> > Can you wait until next monday ?
>
>
> Any chance to look at this ? 

FWIW Gerd Stolpmann apparently recently explained how to fix this on the 
caml-list:

These all failed because of the loc to _loc change in camlp4. Tip: Use
the -loc argument of camlp4 to revert to the old name of this variable,
and you need not to change code. This also works for O'Caml 3.08.

Cheers,

Samuel.