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NAME
Ast_mapper - The interface of a -ppx rewriter
Module
Module Ast_mapper
Documentation
Module Ast_mapper
: sig end
The interface of a -ppx rewriter
A -ppx rewriter is a program that accepts a serialized abstract syntax tree and outputs another, possibly
modified, abstract syntax tree. This module encapsulates the interface between the compiler and the -ppx
rewriters, handling such details as the serialization format, forwarding of command-line flags, and
storing state.
Ast_mapper.mapper allows to implement AST rewriting using open recursion. A typical mapper would be
based on Ast_mapper.default_mapper , a deep identity mapper, and will fall back on it for handling the
syntax it does not modify. For example:
open Asttypes open Parsetree open Ast_mapper let test_mapper argv = { default_mapper with expr = fun
mapper expr -> match expr with | { pexp_desc = Pexp_extension ({ txt = test }, PStr [])} ->
Ast_helper.Exp.constant (Const_int 42) | other -> default_mapper.expr mapper other; } let () = register
ppx_test test_mapper
This -ppx rewriter, which replaces [%test] in expressions with the constant 42 , can be compiled using
ocamlc -o ppx_test -I +compiler-libs ocamlcommon.cma ppx_test.ml .
=== A generic Parsetree mapper ===
type mapper = {
attribute : mapper -> Parsetree.attribute -> Parsetree.attribute ;
attributes : mapper -> Parsetree.attribute list -> Parsetree.attribute list ;
case : mapper -> Parsetree.case -> Parsetree.case ;
cases : mapper -> Parsetree.case list -> Parsetree.case list ;
class_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.class_declaration -> Parsetree.class_declaration ;
class_description : mapper -> Parsetree.class_description -> Parsetree.class_description ;
class_expr : mapper -> Parsetree.class_expr -> Parsetree.class_expr ;
class_field : mapper -> Parsetree.class_field -> Parsetree.class_field ;
class_signature : mapper -> Parsetree.class_signature -> Parsetree.class_signature ;
class_structure : mapper -> Parsetree.class_structure -> Parsetree.class_structure ;
class_type : mapper -> Parsetree.class_type -> Parsetree.class_type ;
class_type_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.class_type_declaration -> Parsetree.class_type_declaration
;
class_type_field : mapper -> Parsetree.class_type_field -> Parsetree.class_type_field ;
constructor_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.constructor_declaration ->
Parsetree.constructor_declaration ;
expr : mapper -> Parsetree.expression -> Parsetree.expression ;
extension : mapper -> Parsetree.extension -> Parsetree.extension ;
extension_constructor : mapper -> Parsetree.extension_constructor -> Parsetree.extension_constructor ;
include_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.include_declaration -> Parsetree.include_declaration ;
include_description : mapper -> Parsetree.include_description -> Parsetree.include_description ;
label_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.label_declaration -> Parsetree.label_declaration ;
location : mapper -> Location.t -> Location.t ;
module_binding : mapper -> Parsetree.module_binding -> Parsetree.module_binding ;
module_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.module_declaration -> Parsetree.module_declaration ;
module_expr : mapper -> Parsetree.module_expr -> Parsetree.module_expr ;
module_type : mapper -> Parsetree.module_type -> Parsetree.module_type ;
module_type_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.module_type_declaration ->
Parsetree.module_type_declaration ;
open_description : mapper -> Parsetree.open_description -> Parsetree.open_description ;
pat : mapper -> Parsetree.pattern -> Parsetree.pattern ;
payload : mapper -> Parsetree.payload -> Parsetree.payload ;
signature : mapper -> Parsetree.signature -> Parsetree.signature ;
signature_item : mapper -> Parsetree.signature_item -> Parsetree.signature_item ;
structure : mapper -> Parsetree.structure -> Parsetree.structure ;
structure_item : mapper -> Parsetree.structure_item -> Parsetree.structure_item ;
typ : mapper -> Parsetree.core_type -> Parsetree.core_type ;
type_declaration : mapper -> Parsetree.type_declaration -> Parsetree.type_declaration ;
type_extension : mapper -> Parsetree.type_extension -> Parsetree.type_extension ;
type_kind : mapper -> Parsetree.type_kind -> Parsetree.type_kind ;
value_binding : mapper -> Parsetree.value_binding -> Parsetree.value_binding ;
value_description : mapper -> Parsetree.value_description -> Parsetree.value_description ;
with_constraint : mapper -> Parsetree.with_constraint -> Parsetree.with_constraint ;
}
A mapper record implements one "method" per syntactic category, using an open recursion style: each
method takes as its first argument the mapper to be applied to children in the syntax tree.
val default_mapper : mapper
A default mapper, which implements a "deep identity" mapping.
=== Apply mappers to compilation units ===
val tool_name : unit -> string
Can be used within a ppx preprocessor to know which tool is calling it ocamlc , ocamlopt , ocamldoc ,
ocamldep , ocaml , ... Some global variables that reflect command-line options are automatically
synchronized between the calling tool and the ppx preprocessor: Clflags.include_dirs , Config.load_path ,
Clflags.open_modules , Clflags.for_package , Clflags.debug .
val apply : source:string -> target:string -> mapper -> unit
Apply a mapper (parametrized by the unit name) to a dumped parsetree found in the source file and put the
result in the target file. The structure or signature field of the mapper is applied to the
implementation or interface.
val run_main : (string list -> mapper) -> unit
Entry point to call to implement a standalone -ppx rewriter from a mapper, parametrized by the command
line arguments. The current unit name can be obtained from Location.input_name . This function
implements proper error reporting for uncaught exceptions.
=== Registration API ===
val register_function : (string -> (string list -> mapper) -> unit) Pervasives.ref
val register : string -> (string list -> mapper) -> unit
Apply the register_function . The default behavior is to run the mapper immediately, taking arguments
from the process command line. This is to support a scenario where a mapper is linked as a stand-alone
executable.
It is possible to overwrite the register_function to define "-ppx drivers", which combine several mappers
in a single process. Typically, a driver starts by defining register_function to a custom
implementation, then lets ppx rewriters (linked statically or dynamically) register themselves, and then
run all or some of them. It is also possible to have -ppx drivers apply rewriters to only specific parts
of an AST.
The first argument to register is a symbolic name to be used by the ppx driver.
=== Convenience functions to write mappers ===
val map_opt : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a option -> 'b option
val extension_of_error : Location.error -> Parsetree.extension
Encode an error into an 'ocaml.error' extension node which can be inserted in a generated Parsetree. The
compiler will be responsible for reporting the error.
val attribute_of_warning : Location.t -> string -> Parsetree.attribute
Encode a warning message into an 'ocaml.ppwarning' attribute which can be inserted in a generated
Parsetree. The compiler will be responsible for reporting the warning.
=== Helper functions to call external mappers ===
val add_ppx_context_str : tool_name:string -> Parsetree.structure -> Parsetree.structure
Extract information from the current environment and encode it into an attribute which is prepended to
the list of structure items in order to pass the information to an external processor.
val add_ppx_context_sig : tool_name:string -> Parsetree.signature -> Parsetree.signature
Same as add_ppx_context_str , but for signatures.
val drop_ppx_context_str : restore:bool -> Parsetree.structure -> Parsetree.structure
Drop the ocaml.ppx.context attribute from a structure. If restore is true, also restore the associated
data in the current process.
val drop_ppx_context_sig : restore:bool -> Parsetree.signature -> Parsetree.signature
Same as drop_ppx_context_str , but for signatures.
=== Cookies ===
=== Cookies are used to pass information from a ppx processor to a further invocation of itself, when
called from the OCaml toplevel (or other tools that support cookies). ===
val set_cookie : string -> Parsetree.expression -> unit
val get_cookie : string -> Parsetree.expression option