plugin

New in version 2.8.

Plugins are a way to load OCaml libraries at runtime. The plugin stanza allows you to declare the plugin’s name, which sites should be present and which libraries it will load.

(plugin
 (name <name>)
 (libraries <libraries>)
 (site (<package> <site name>))
 (<optional-fields>))

<optional-fields> are:

• (package <package>) if there is more than one package defined in the current scope, this specifies which package the plugin will install. A plugin can be installed by one package in the site of another package.

• (optional) will not declare the plugin if the libraries are not available.

The loading of the plugin is done using the facilities generated by generate_sites_module.