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Re:Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading by dwohnitmok on Thursday January 20, 2022 @02:18PM (#30013354)
Fascinating.

So the main thing I'm curious about is the exact mechanics of this:

> And for cases where I was changing enough state that it bails out

What exactly does "bailing out" entail?

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Re:Hotcaml: An OCaml interpreter with watching and reloading by sitkack on Thursday January 20, 2022 @11:01PM (#30018972)
It isn't something I explored that deeply. When a reload fails, you know about it and you just reload the program and continue. It could manifest itself in lots of ways, any of which I don't have off the to of my head.
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