location.mli

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(*                                 OCaml                                  *)
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(*             Xavier Leroy, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt           *)
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(*   Copyright 1996 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et     *)
(*     en Automatique.                                                    *)
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(*   All rights reserved.  This file is distributed under the terms of    *)
(*   the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, with the          *)
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(** Source code locations (ranges of positions), used in parsetree. *)

open Format

type t = Warnings.loc = {
  loc_start: Lexing.position;
  loc_end: Lexing.position;
  loc_ghost: bool;
}

(** Note on the use of Lexing.position in this module.
   If [pos_fname = ""], then use [!input_name] instead.
   If [pos_lnum = -1], then [pos_bol = 0]. Use [pos_cnum] and
     re-parse the file to get the line and character numbers.
   Else all fields are correct.
*)

val none : t
(** An arbitrary value of type [t]; describes an empty ghost range. *)

val in_file : string -> t
(** Return an empty ghost range located in a given file. *)

val init : Lexing.lexbuf -> string -> unit
(** Set the file name and line number of the [lexbuf] to be the start
    of the named file. *)

val curr : Lexing.lexbuf -> t
(** Get the location of the current token from the [lexbuf]. *)

val symbol_rloc: unit -> t
val symbol_gloc: unit -> t

(** [rhs_loc n] returns the location of the symbol at position [n], starting
  at 1, in the current parser rule. *)
val rhs_loc: int -> t

val input_name: string ref
val input_lexbuf: Lexing.lexbuf option ref

val get_pos_info: Lexing.position -> string * int * int (* file, line, char *)
val print_loc: formatter -> t -> unit
val print_error: formatter -> t -> unit
val print_error_cur_file: formatter -> unit -> unit
val print_warning: t -> formatter -> Warnings.t -> unit
val formatter_for_warnings : formatter ref
val prerr_warning: t -> Warnings.t -> unit
val echo_eof: unit -> unit
val reset: unit -> unit

val default_printer : formatter -> t -> unit
val printer : (formatter -> t -> unit) ref

val warning_printer : (t -> formatter -> Warnings.t -> unit) ref
(** Hook for intercepting warnings. *)

val default_warning_printer : t -> formatter -> Warnings.t -> unit
(** Original warning printer for use in hooks. *)

val highlight_locations: formatter -> t list -> bool

type 'a loc = {
  txt : 'a;
  loc : t;
}

val mknoloc : 'a -> 'a loc
val mkloc : 'a -> t -> 'a loc

val print: formatter -> t -> unit
val print_compact: formatter -> t -> unit
val print_filename: formatter -> string -> unit

val absolute_path: string -> string

val show_filename: string -> string
    (** In -absname mode, return the absolute path for this filename.
        Otherwise, returns the filename unchanged. *)


val absname: bool ref

(** Support for located errors *)

type error =
  {
    loc: t;
    msg: string;
    sub: error list;
    if_highlight: string; (* alternative message if locations are highlighted *)
  }

exception Already_displayed_error
exception Error of error

val error: ?loc:t -> ?sub:error list -> ?if_highlight:string -> string -> error

#if undefined BS_NO_COMPILER_PATCH then
val print_error_prefix : Format.formatter -> unit
val pp_ksprintf : ?before:(formatter -> unit) -> (string -> 'a) -> ('b, formatter, unit, 'a) format4 -> 'b
#end

val errorf: ?loc:t -> ?sub:error list -> ?if_highlight:string
            -> ('a, Format.formatter, unit, error) format4 -> 'a

val raise_errorf: ?loc:t -> ?sub:error list -> ?if_highlight:string
            -> ('a, Format.formatter, unit, 'b) format4 -> 'a

val error_of_printer: t -> (formatter -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a -> error

val error_of_printer_file: (formatter -> 'a -> unit) -> 'a -> error

val error_of_exn: exn -> [ `Ok of error | `Already_displayed ] option

val register_error_of_exn: (exn -> error option) -> unit
(** Each compiler module which defines a custom type of exception
    which can surface as a user-visible error should register
    a "printer" for this exception using [register_error_of_exn].
    The result of the printer is an [error] value containing
    a location, a message, and optionally sub-messages (each of them
    being located as well). *)

val report_error: formatter -> error -> unit

val error_reporter : (formatter -> error -> unit) ref
(** Hook for intercepting error reports. *)

val default_error_reporter : formatter -> error -> unit
(** Original error reporter for use in hooks. *)

val report_exception: formatter -> exn -> unit
(** Reraise the exception if it is unknown. *)

val deprecated: ?def:t -> ?use:t -> t -> string -> unit