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@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Debugging from Coq toplevel using Caml trace mechanism
1. Launch bytecode version of Coq (coqtop.byte or coqtop -byte)
2. Access Ocaml toplevel using vernacular command 'Drop.'
3. Install load paths and pretty printers for terms, idents, ... using
- Ocaml command '#use "base_include";;' (use '#use "include";;' for a rawer
- term pretty printer)
+ Ocaml command '#use "base_include";;' (use '#use "include";;' for
+ installing the advanced term pretty printers)
4. Use #trace to tell which function(s) to trace
5. Go back to Coq toplevel with 'go();;'
6. Test your Coq command and observe the result of tracing your functions
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Debugging from Coq toplevel using Caml trace mechanism
notations, ...), use "Set Printing All". It will affect the #trace
printers too.
+Note for Ocaml 3.10.x: Ocaml 3.10.x requires that modules compiled
+with -rectypes are loaded in an environment with -rectypes set but
+there is no way to tell the toplevel to support -rectypes. To make it
+works, use "patch -p0 < dev/doc/patch.ocaml-3.10.drop.rectypes" to
+hack script/coqmktop.ml, then recompile coqtop.byte. The procedure
+above then works as soon as coqtop.byte is called with at least one
+argument (add neutral option -byte to ensure at least one argument).
+
+
Debugging from Caml debugger
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