Tutorial: Format Module of OCaml

Authors: OCamlPro
Date: 2021-05-06
Category: Trainings
Tags: format, tutorial



The Format module of OCaml is an extremely powerful but unfortunately often poorly used module.

It combines two distinct elements:

  • pretty-print boxes
  • semantic tags

This tutorial aims to demystify much of this module and explain the range of things that you can do with it.

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