Module Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator
Ast_iterator.iterator enables AST inspection using open recursion. A typical mapper would be based on Ast_iterator.default_iterator, a trivial iterator, and will fall back on it for handling the syntax it does not modify.
Warning: this module is unstable and part of compiler-libs.
A generic Parsetree iterator
type iterator = {attribute : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.attribute -> unit;attributes : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.attribute list -> unit;modes : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.modes -> unit;modalities : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.modalities -> unit;binding_op : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.binding_op -> unit;case : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.case -> unit;cases : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.case list -> unit;class_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_declaration -> unit;class_description : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_description -> unit;class_expr : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_expr -> unit;class_field : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_field -> unit;class_signature : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_signature -> unit;class_structure : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_structure -> unit;class_type : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_type -> unit;class_type_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_type_declaration -> unit;class_type_field : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.class_type_field -> unit;constructor_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.constructor_declaration -> unit;directive_argument : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.directive_argument -> unit;expr : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.expression -> unit;extension : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.extension -> unit;extension_constructor : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.extension_constructor -> unit;include_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.include_declaration -> unit;include_description : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.include_description -> unit;jkind_annotation : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.jkind_annotation -> unit;label_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.label_declaration -> unit;location : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Location.t -> unit;module_binding : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_binding -> unit;module_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_declaration -> unit;module_substitution : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_substitution -> unit;module_expr : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_expr -> unit;module_type : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_type -> unit;module_type_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.module_type_declaration -> unit;open_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.open_declaration -> unit;open_description : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.open_description -> unit;pat : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.pattern -> unit;payload : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.payload -> unit;signature : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.signature -> unit;signature_item : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.signature_item -> unit;structure : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.structure -> unit;structure_item : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.structure_item -> unit;toplevel_directive : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.toplevel_directive -> unit;toplevel_phrase : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.toplevel_phrase -> unit;typ : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.core_type -> unit;row_field : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.row_field -> unit;object_field : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.object_field -> unit;type_declaration : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.type_declaration -> unit;type_extension : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.type_extension -> unit;type_exception : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.type_exception -> unit;type_kind : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.type_kind -> unit;value_binding : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.value_binding -> unit;value_description : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.value_description -> unit;with_constraint : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iterator -> Ocaml_parsing.Parsetree.with_constraint -> unit;
}A iterator record implements one "method" per syntactic category, using an open recursion style: each method takes as its first argument the iterator to be applied to children in the syntax tree.
val default_iterator : Ocaml_parsing.Ast_iterator.iteratorA default iterator, which implements a "do not do anything" mapping.