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directories is an OCaml library that provides configuration, cache and data paths (and more!) following the suitable conventions on Linux, macOS and Windows. The following conventions are used: XDG Ba...
I'm compiling this on Windows using DkML (MSVC distribution): ``` #=== ERROR while compiling directories.0.5 ====================================# # context 2.2.0~alpha0~20221228 | win32/x86_64 | conf-withdkml.2 ocaml-system.4.14.0 | pinned(https://github.com/OCamlPro/directories/archive/0.5.tar.gz) # path C:\Users\beckf\AppData\Local\opam\playground\.opam-switch\build\directories.0.5 #...
Is there any reason that the Roaming `%AppData%` is chosen as the `config_dir` in the following https://github.com/OCamlPro/directories/blob/1cf7211f918fa909e5f77c0dfbb059c74071e99b/src/windows/directories.ml#L36-L37 I've commonly seen XDG_CONFIG_HOME mapped to `%LocalAppData%`, like in https://docs.racket-lang.org/basedir/index.html . Either way...
On Windows, this package depends on Ctypes. A small C binding would be enough to replace its use (only two functions are needed). In general, it is a pity that...
See e.g. [the corresponding issue](https://github.com/dirs-dev/directories-jvm/issues/44) in directories-jvm.
I'm not sure if OS constraint are supported now.
There's an [ugly fallback](https://github.com/OCamlPro/directories/blob/588f101d3ca6efe1cd2b156bdd94ea65702b26a9/src/dune#L11) to the linux backend atm.