Parser: module F (M) (N) ... = struct DECLS end -> (:functor-def NAME
PARAMS DECLS). module N = expr (non-struct) -> (:module-alias NAME
BODY-SRC). Functor params accept (P) or (P : Sig) — signatures
parsed-and-skipped via skip-optional-sig.
Eval: ocaml-make-functor builds curried host-SX closures from module
dicts to a module dict. ocaml-resolve-module-path extended for :app so
F(A), F(A)(B), and Outer.Inner all resolve to dicts.
Phase 4 LOC ~290 cumulative (still well under 2000).
Parser: open Path and include Path top-level decls; Path is Ctor (.Ctor)*.
Eval resolves via ocaml-resolve-module-path (same :con-as-module-lookup
escape hatch used by :field). open extends the env with the module's
bindings; include also merges into the surrounding module's exports
(when inside a struct...end).
Path resolver lets M.Sub.x work for nested modules. Phase 4 LOC ~165.
module M = struct DECLS end parsed by sub-tokenising the body source
between struct and the matching end (nesting tracked via struct/begin/
sig/end). Field access is a postfix layer above parse-atom, binding
tighter than application: f r.x -> (:app f (:field r "x")).
Eval (:module-def NAME DECLS) builds a dict via ocaml-eval-module
running decls in a sub-env. (:field EXPR NAME) looks up dict fields,
treating (:con NAME) heads as module-name lookups instead of nullary
ctors so M.x works with M as a module.
Phase 4 LOC so far: ~110 lines (well under 2000 budget).
Parser: try EXPR with | pat -> handler | ... -> (:try EXPR CLAUSES).
Eval delegates to SX guard with else matching the raised value against
clause patterns; re-raises on no-match. raise/failwith/invalid_arg
shipped as builtins. failwith "msg" raises ("Failure" msg) so
| Failure msg -> ... patterns match.
Sugar for fun + match. AST (:function CLAUSES) -> unary closure that
runs ocaml-match-clauses on its arg. let rec recognises :function as a
recursive rhs and ties the knot via cell, so
let rec map f = function | [] -> [] | h::t -> f h :: map f t
works. ocaml-match-eval refactored to share clause-walk with function.
Parser: for i = lo to|downto hi do body done, while cond do body done.
AST: (:for NAME LO HI :ascend|:descend BODY) and (:while COND BODY).
Eval re-binds the loop var per iteration; both forms evaluate to unit.
ref is a builtin boxing its arg in a one-element list. Prefix ! parses
to (:deref ...) and reads via (nth cell 0). := joins the binop
precedence table at level 1 right-assoc and mutates via set-nth!.
Closures share the underlying cell.
Two-phase grammar: parse-expr-no-seq (prior entry) + parse-expr wraps
it with ;-chaining. List bodies keep parse-expr-no-seq so ; remains a
separator inside [...]. Match clause bodies use the seq variant and stop
at | — real OCaml semantics. Trailing ; before end/)/|/in/then/else/eof
permitted.
Patterns: wildcard, literal, var, ctor (nullary + arg, flattens tuple
args so Pair(a,b) -> (:pcon "Pair" PA PB)), tuple, list literal, cons
:: (right-assoc), unit. Match: leading | optional, (:match SCRUT
CLAUSES) with each clause (:case PAT BODY). Body parsed via parse-expr
because | is below level-1 binop precedence.
ocaml-parse-program: program = decls + bare exprs, ;;-separated.
Each decl is (:def …), (:def-rec …), or (:expr …). Body parsing
re-feeds the source slice through ocaml-parse — shared-state refactor
deferred.
