lang/camlp5 8.03.01nb2 NetBSD

Camlp5 is a preprocessor and pretty-printer for OCaml programs. It also provides parsing and printing tools.

As a preprocessor, it allows to:

• extend the syntax of OCaml,
• redefine the whole syntax of the language. As a pretty printer, it allows to:
• display OCaml programs in an elegant way,
• convert from one syntax to another,
• check the results of syntax extensions. Camlp5 also provides some parsing and pretty printing tools:
• extensible grammars
• extensible printers
• stream parsers and lexers
• pretty print module It works as a shell command and can also be used in the OCaml toplevel.