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                                            Nicolás Ojeda Bär

Type disambiguation and PPX

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"Error: Pure bytecode executables cannot contain foreign stubs." is misleading

> If one attempts to create an `executable` with `(modes (byte exe))` and `foreign_stubs`, `dune` complains: "Error: Pure bytecode executables cannot contain foreign stubs." This message seems to be saying...

Documentation: Unix.create_process description should avoid the word "fork"

Sounds reasonable.

Documentation: Unix.create_process description should avoid the word "fork"

> Hello, I am Amandine, an Outreachy applicant and I am interested in contributing to Ocaml. Please I will like to work on this. Can you assign to me? No...

documentation: str doesn't know about unicode

> A question for people who know unicode: is it the case that a regexp purely on ascii characters will have the same meaning on unicode-aware and non-unicode-aware regexp engines?...

documentation: str doesn't know about unicode

> > Another question: is there an alternative regexp library we should consider recommending? > > As far as I know, there isn't any (!) Sorry, I correct myself, there...

documentation: str doesn't know about unicode

> I assume that sedlex also contains a unicode-aware language of patterns, maybe you did not mention it because it does not provide all the usual features of regexes? Yes,...

Compiler build errors when boot/ocamlc and ./ocamlc produce different cmis

Oops sorry closed by mistake.

Allow different implementations between native/byte compilation modes

Can you provide a concrete example of this? Also, see #4639 for the case of C stubs.

Allow different implementations between native/byte compilation modes

Thanks @NathanReb. What's the problem with the obvious solution of writing a small script to "choose" the right implementation? ``` (rule (with-stdout-to bar.ml (run choose.exe {%dep:bar_byte.ml} {%dep:bar_native.ml}))) ``` Personally I...