karroffel / Idris2-Ocaml

OCaml backend for Idris2

Idris2-Ocaml

An OCaml backend for Idris2.

Requirements

• recent Idris 2 compiler, known to work with 0.2.1-56209de4c
• OCaml, known to work with 4.10.0
• Zarith findable by ocamlfind and usable with ocamlopt (needs .cmxa file, it seems like *-devel versions in Linux package managers work fine)
• installed idris2api package for the appropriate Idris2 version

Building

The following command will build the backend and install the support files in the Idris2 "home" directory. Check the Makefile for the location.

(NOTE: I am using VScode and the IDE mode process spawned often causes my RAM to fill and use up swap, so the build command kills all open Idris processes before building)

make IDRIS2_SOURCE_PATH=path/to/idris2/source all

The IDRIS2_SOURCE_PATH is needed because the runtime C library headers are needed for foreign functions to work.

Attribution

The files OcamlRts.ml, ocaml_rts.c are directly taken from the malfunction backend by ziman and makx.

The Idris module Ocaml.Modules uses some adapted code from the same malfunction backend.

License

Right now this code is licensed under the Peer Production License.

Eventually when this code is good enough for inclusion in or endorsement by the Idris2 compiler, the license will change to MIT.