Re: [Caml-list] in and out channels into memory
Richard Jones
> Is there a way in OCaml to read and write into memory using in and out
> channels in the standard distribution? It seems like there are functions
> for converting everything else to in and out channels but I can't seem to
> find anything for writing into and out of memory. If there isn't something
> already, is there a function for creating new in and out channels?
Not for the in/out_channel in the standard distribution.
However if you can change the code to use the IO class types defined
here (http://www.ocaml-programming.de/rec/IO-Classes.html) then you
can use something like input_string from the Netstring library:
let s = "1\n2\n3\n4" in
let ch = new input_string s in
ch#input_line ()
If you can't change the code, then the best you can do might be to
read and write a temporary file (see: Filename.open_temp_file).
Another alternative from the std lib is Buffer, but that also requires
changing the code.
Rich.
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