Re: Circular build dependencies

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

You can declare the signatures in a .mli file, and use those independently of 
the .ml,
and it should "just work" in ocamlbuild.

A more common but subtle problem is having many sub-modules, and the wrong one
being picked up from the file-system due an incorrect scope (i.e. a bug), and 
that 
shows up a circular dependency.  Try to use unique module names to avoid this 
sort
of situation, as the code is less obtuse like that anyway.

Could you describe your specific problem in more detail?

-anil

On 28 Feb 2012, at 14:12, Sebastian Probst Eide wrote:

> Dear OCamlers and miragers.
> 
> I seem to be spending more time fighting circular build dependencies than 
> writing code.
> Is there a way to have the compiler work around these?
> It might be a sign of bad design, but it regardless, it is just bloody 
> annoying!
> 
> ~ Sebastian