For OCaml, is there a way to print arbitrary data, or do I need to write a custom printer for every object? In Rust, I can do something like #[derive(Deubg)] struct ... and then it will auto derive a way to print the data for me. In Clojure, most objects can be printed as is. In OCaml, is there…

There exist some deriving mechanisms in OCaml quite similar to those you know in Rust (or Haskell): they are implemented by PPX syntax extensions, namely ppxlib or ppx_deriving . With such extensions, you may write for instance: type example = A | B [@@deriving show] and two functions pp_example : …

Printing arbitrary data in OCaml?

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Chet_Murthy July 22, 2019, 5:16pm 3

You may have seen “genprint” announced just today; it’s also a way to print arbitrary values, via a different pathway.

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Printing arbitrary data in OCaml?

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