Source file builtins_ref.ml

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let ref =
  let a = Lang.univ_t () in
  Lang.add_builtin "ref" ~category:`Programming
    ~descr:"Create a reference, i.e. a value which can be modified."
    [("", a, None, None)]
    (Lang.ref_t a)
    (fun p ->
      let x = List.assoc "" p |> Atomic.make in
      let get () = Atomic.get x in
      let set v = Atomic.set x v in
      Lang.reference get set)