ast_external_process.mli

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 type response = {
  pval_type : Parsetree.core_type ; 
  pval_prim : string list ; 
  pval_attributes : Parsetree.attributes;
  no_inline_cross_module : bool 
}

(**
  [handle_attributes_as_string
  loc pval_name.txt pval_type pval_attributes pval_prim]
  [pval_name.txt] is the name of identifier
  [pval_prim] is the name of string literal

  return value is of [pval_type, pval_prims, new_attrs]
*)
val handle_attributes_as_string :
  Bs_loc.t ->
  Ast_core_type.t ->
  Ast_attributes.t ->
  string  ->  
  string  ->
  response




(** [pval_prim_of_labels labels]
    return [pval_prims] for FFI, it is specialized for
    external object which is used in
    {[ [%obj { x = 2; y = 1} ] ]}
*)
val pval_prim_of_labels : string Asttypes.loc list -> string list


val pval_prim_of_option_labels :
  (bool * string Asttypes.loc) list ->
  bool ->
  string list