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-rw-r--r--lib/flags.ml18
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/flags.ml b/lib/flags.ml
index ee4c0734a..01361dad5 100644
--- a/lib/flags.ml
+++ b/lib/flags.ml
@@ -6,18 +6,28 @@
(* * GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 *)
(************************************************************************)
-let with_modified_ref r nf f x =
+(* If [restore] is false, whenever [f] modifies the ref, we will
+ preserve the modification. *)
+let with_modified_ref ?(restore=true) r nf f x =
let old_ref = !r in r := nf !r;
- try let res = f x in r := old_ref; res
+ try
+ let pre = !r in
+ let res = f x in
+ (* If r was modified don't restore its old value *)
+ if restore || pre == !r then r := old_ref;
+ res
with reraise ->
let reraise = Backtrace.add_backtrace reraise in
r := old_ref;
Exninfo.iraise reraise
-let with_option o f x = with_modified_ref o (fun _ -> true) f x
-let without_option o f x = with_modified_ref o (fun _ -> false) f x
+let with_option o f x = with_modified_ref ~restore:false o (fun _ -> true) f x
+let without_option o f x = with_modified_ref ~restore:false o (fun _ -> false) f x
let with_extra_values o l f x = with_modified_ref o (fun ol -> ol@l) f x
+(* hide the [restore] option as internal *)
+let with_modified_ref r nf f x = with_modified_ref r nf f x
+
let with_options ol f x =
let vl = List.map (!) ol in
let () = List.iter (fun r -> r := true) ol in