Merge PR #12567: [build] Split stdlib to it's own package.

Reviewed-by: Zimmi48
Ack-by: JasonGross
Ack-by: gares
Ack-by: LasseBlaauwbroek
Ack-by: silene
Ack-by: vbgl

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

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+(************************************************************************)
+(*         *   The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team       *)
+(*  v      *         Copyright INRIA, CNRS and contributors             *)
+(* <O___,, * (see version control and CREDITS file for authors & dates) *)
+(*   \VV/  **************************************************************)
+(*    //   *    This file is distributed under the terms of the         *)
+(*         *     GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1          *)
+(*         *     (see LICENSE file for the text of the license)         *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+(* This API is loosely inspired by [Stdune.Path], for now we keep it
+   minimal, but at some point we may extend it, see developer notes in
+   the implementation file. *)
+
+(* To be made opaque one day, for now we force users to go thru the
+   constructor *)
+type t = private string
+
+(** [make path_components] build a path from its components *)
+val make : string list -> t
+
+(** [relative path string] build a path relative to an existing one *)
+val relative : t -> string -> t
+
+(** [choose_existing paths] will return [Some f] for the first file
+   [f] in [paths] that exists, [None] otherwise. *)
+val choose_existing : t list -> t option
+
+(* We should gradually add some more functions to handle common dirs
+   here such the theories directories or share files. Abstracting it
+   here does allow to use system-specific functionalities *)