Long chains of aliases cause the compile step to be very memory/space intensive

[jonludlam]

for a set of files like:

• m1.ml

module Foo = struct
  type t
end

• m2.ml

module Previous = M1
module Foo = Previous.Foo

• m3.ml

module Previous = M2
module Foo = Previous.Foo

the generated odoc files (after compilation) get large very quickly:

-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff     428 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M1.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff     702 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M2.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff     993 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M3.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    1362 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M4.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    1811 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M5.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    2353 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M6.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    2969 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M7.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    3692 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M8.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    4501 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M9.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    5396 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M10.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    6376 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M11.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    7439 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M12.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    8585 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M13.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff    9816 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M14.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   11131 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M15.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   12532 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M16.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   14018 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M17.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   15585 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M18.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   17231 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M19.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   18961 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M20.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   20775 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M21.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   22673 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M22.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   24655 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M23.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   26721 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M24.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   28871 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M25.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   31105 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M26.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   33423 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M27.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   35825 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M28.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   38311 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M29.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   40881 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M30.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   43535 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M31.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   46273 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M32.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   49095 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M33.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   52001 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M34.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   54991 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M35.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   58065 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M36.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   61223 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M37.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   64465 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M38.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   67791 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M39.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   71201 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M40.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   74695 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M41.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   78273 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M42.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   81935 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M43.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   85681 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M44.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   89511 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M45.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   93425 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M46.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff   97423 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M47.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff  101505 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M48.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff  105671 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M49.odoc
-r--r--r--  1 jon  staff  109921 17 Jun 11:19 foo__M50.odoc

[github-actions[bot]]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. The main purpose of this is to keep the issue tracker focused to what is actively being worked on, so that the amount and variety of open yet inactive issues does not overwhelm contributors.

An issue closed as stale is not rejected — further discussion is welcome in its closed state, and it can be resurrected at any time. odoc maintainers regularly check issues that were closed as stale in the past, to see if the time is right to reopen and work on them again. PRs addressing issues closed as stale are as welcome as PRs for open issues. They will be given the same review attention, and any other help.