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type 'res req = ..

req is the type of all generic server requests and responses.

When defining a new generic server you want to extend this with the your custom request types, including the response type in its type variable. Like this:

```ocaml open Riot type _ Gen_server.req += | Is_connected : bool Gen_server.req | Profile : profile_req -> profile_res Gen_server.req ```

type 'state init_result =

| Ok of 'state
(*
use this value to enter the main loop with state 'state
*)
| Error
(*
use this value to crash the process and notify a supervisor of it
*)
| Ignore
(*
use this value to exit the process normally
*)

state init_result is used to initialize a new generic server.

module type Impl = sig ... end

Impl is the module type of the generic server base implementations. You can use this type when defining new gen servers like this:

type ('args, 'state) impl =
  (module Impl
  with type args = 'args
   and type state = 'state)

val call : Pid.t -> 'res req -> 'res

call pid req will send a type-safe request req to the generic server behind pid that is guaranteed to return a respone with type `'res`

This function will block the current process until a response arrives.

TODO(leostera): add ?timeout param

val start_link : ('args, 'state) impl -> 'args -> (Pid.t, exn) result

start_link (module S) args will spawn and link a new process that will act as a generic server over the server implementation of S, initialized with args arguments.