attr_helper.mli

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(*                  Jeremie Dimino, Jane Street Europe                    *)
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(*   Copyright 2015 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et     *)
(*     en Automatique.                                                    *)
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(** Helpers for attributes

  {b Warning:} this module is unstable and part of
  {{!Compiler_libs}compiler-libs}.

*)

open Asttypes
open Parsetree

type error =
  | Multiple_attributes of string
  | No_payload_expected of string

(** The [string list] argument of the following functions is a list of
    alternative names for the attribute we are looking for. For instance:

    {[
      ["foo"; "ocaml.foo"]
    ]} *)
val get_no_payload_attribute : string list -> attributes -> string loc option
val has_no_payload_attribute : string list -> attributes -> bool

exception Error of Location.t * error

val report_error: Format.formatter -> error -> unit