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Feedback on this post is welcomed on Discuss! We are very pleased to announce the release of opam 2.2.0, and encourage all users to upgrade. Please read on for installation and upgrade instructions. NOTE: this article is cross-posted on opam.ocaml.org and ocamlpro.com, and published in discuss.ocaml...

In March, the OCaml.org team at Tarides embarked on a mission to enhance the OCaml.org community pages. After engaging with the OCaml…

This OCaml Unboxed episode demonstrates some of the twists and turns you might encounter while programming with locals and introduces the *global modality*. Watching this video might help you learn what to look for when programming with locals! View instructions to get the compiler I use in this video: https://github.com/janestreet/opam-repository/tree/with-extensions Full documentation of locals: https://github.com/ocaml-flambda/flambda-backend/blob/main/ocaml/jane/doc/extensions/local/intro.md

Not all of our projects have a definite end: a grand culmination of effort and time where we pop champagne and set off fireworks (which is…

This OCaml Unboxed episode describes regions and the hidden regional mode in OCaml's local types, as developed by Jane Street. It turns out that local parameters aren't really local: they're regional! This explains how some impossible-looking programs actually work. View instructions to get the compiler I use in this video: https://github.com/janestreet/opam-repository/tree/with-extensions Full documentation of locals: https://github.com/ocaml-flambda/flambda-backend/blob/main/ocaml/jane/doc/extensions/local/intro.md