Re: Script to create a "restart" directive in toplevel

> while true; do echo '---bouncer! will have to add make -----' && rlwrap ocaml; done
 > Hope this helps.
 
  It does help! In fact, it seems to work fine. Many thanks. 

---In [email protected], <misterherr@...> wrote :

 On 06.09.2015 11:26, doylejonathan58@... mailto:doylejonathan58@... [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
 > When I build projects with ocaml I use the toplevel a lot,
 > and it would make my life much easier if I had a way to compile
 > the following sequence of commands in a unique
 > unit->unit function (say ):
 >
 > #quit;; (* leave current toplevel *)
 > make (* recompile *)
 > ./ocaml (* enter newly compiled toplevel *)
 >
 >
 > I have incomplete ideas about how to achieve this. For the
 > middle command I obviously can use Sys.command "make";;,
 > and I think I must somehow change the order of the commands
 > (the old toplevel executable must somehow "leave a message"
 > indicating to launch the new toplevel before self-destructing).
 >
 > Any help appreciated.
 I would do the compile and test cycle at the shell level.
 
 Proof of concept:
 
 # if you terminate the toplevel with Ctrl+d, it will be restarted, Ctrl+c stops the loop:
 while true; do echo '---bouncer! will have to add make -----' && rlwrap ocaml; done
 
 Hope this helps.
 
 /Str.