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Hi,
> But evidently the version that arrived on my computer with Debian isn't
> that up-to-date. I have ocalm 4.01.0-5. How should I go about
> replacing it with the new one; where to get the new one; other
> questions of that nature?
Note that the feature is in OCaml's SVN trunk, and will be part
of the *next* official compiler release (4.03, probably).
> Or is it likely to reach Debian in a few days anyway?
It should reach Debian stable in 2017... ;-)
> Ah. 4.02.1-3 is probably the one I want, and It's already in
> Debian experimental, marked as "experimental (rc-buggy)". I wonder if
> "release-critical-buggy" is just what they say of every package in
> "experimental" or if there's some special proble here. I suppose
> I have to watch out for version skew with any other bits of ocaml I have lying
> around...
Neither 4.02.1 nor 4.02.2 support the feature you want. If you
really, really can't wait for an official release, then you'll
have to install the 4.03.0+trunk from OPAM. However, I highly
recommend you wait for the official release, as running a trunk
compiler is fraught with complications and headaches, especially
for a beginner.
Best regards,
Dario Teixeira