How OCaml creates an arrry

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Hi,

I am very new to OCaml and have been learning basic stuff lately. I found the following in standard lib source ‘array.ml’.
external create: int -> 'a -> 'a array = "caml_make_vect"
I assume that ‘external’ means calling an external library.
I’d like to know which external lib and how actaully OCaml creates an array on memory.

Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Jazz

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Hi, the OCaml Manual covers externals here: Chapter 20  Interfacing C with OCaml

See also the definition of caml_make_vect here: ocaml/array.c at 181e7c7cd5153c95a1bb9258a2372f3f8e151467 · ocaml/ocaml · GitHub

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Thank you, Yawaramin.