some small example using s-expressions

[Malcolm Matalka]

Is that for Async? What if I'm in the synchronous world?  I've been
using Sexp.of_string and Sexp.to_string_hum, is that correct?

/M

David House <dhouse at janestreet.com> writes:

> I'm not sure about the build side, but the usage is very simple. You
> do indeed just say "with sexp" on every type you want to be sexpable,
> in both the .ml and .mli.
>
> You will then have two new functions:
>
> t_of_sexp : Sexp.t -> t
> sexp_of_t : t -> Sexp.t
>
> (Replace "t" with the name of your type throughout.)
>
> You can use these with, e.g., Writer.write_sexp(s), Reader.load_sexp(s).
>
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Malcolm Matalka <mmatalka at gmail.com> wrote:
>> https://github.com/avsm/ocaml-tutorial/tree/master/examples/broker
>>
>> Francois Berenger <francois.berenger.working at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am looking for some introduction to using s-expressions.
>>>
>>> A small and simple example would be enough
>>> for me to get started:
>>>
>>> I'd like to know:
>>> - what to change in my code to enable them (just add ' with sexp' after
>>> some type declaration?)
>>> - what to change in my build system to enable them (I use oasis)
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>> Francois.