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Evaluate a string in OCaml
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eval.ml
(* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33291754/eval-a-string-in-ocaml *)
#require "compiler-libs" (* Assuming you're using utop, if compiling then this is the package you need *)
let eval code =
let as_buf = Lexing.from_string code in
let parsed = !Toploop.parse_toplevel_phrase as_buf in
ignore (Toploop.execute_phrase true Format.std_formatter parsed)
eval "let () = print_endline \"hello\";;"
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