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| 2 | ========== | |
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| 4 | MLton is run from the command line with a collection of options | |
| 5 | followed by a file name and a list of files to compile, assemble, and | |
| 6 | link with. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ---- | |
| 9 | mlton [option ...] file.{c|mlb|o|sml} [file.{c|o|s|S} ...] | |
| 10 | ---- | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | The simplest case is to run `mlton foo.sml`, where `foo.sml` contains | |
| 13 | a valid SML program, in which case MLton compiles the program to | |
| 14 | produce an executable `foo`. Since MLton does not support separate | |
| 15 | compilation, the program must be the entire program you wish to | |
| 16 | compile. However, the program may refer to signatures and structures | |
| 17 | defined in the <:BasisLibrary:Basis Library>. | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | Larger programs, spanning many files, can be compiled with the | |
| 20 | <:MLBasis:ML Basis system>. In this case, `mlton foo.mlb` will | |
| 21 | compile the complete SML program described by the basis `foo.mlb`, | |
| 22 | which may specify both SML files and additional bases. | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | == Next Steps == | |
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| 26 | * <:CompileTimeOptions:> | |
| 27 | * <:RunTimeOptions:> |