NAME

sml - the interactive Standard ML of New Jersey system

SYNOPSIS

sml [SML-OPTIONS] [OPTIONS] [FILES]

DESCRIPTION

Standard ML of New Jersey is an incremental, interactive compiler that accepts SML declarations and expressions to be evaluated from standard input.

OPTIONS

-32

run the 32-bit version of the SML/NJ system (currently the default).

-64

run the 64-bit version of the SML/NJ system. This option only applies to the x86-64 (aka amd64) architecture.

@SMLwordsize

echo the wordsize (i.e., either 32 or 64) of the system to standard output and then exit. (This option was added in version 110.97).

@SMLversion

echo the command name and SML/NJ version (e.g., "sml 110.98") to standard output and then exit.

@SMLload=IMAGE

specifies the name of the heap-image file to load. The heap suffix can be omitted as long as there there is not a file of the same name.

@SMLcmdname=NAME

set the command name; this is the value returned by CommandLine.name().

@SMLsuffix

echo the heap suffix for the system to standard output and then exit

@SMLalloc=SIZE

Specify the prefered size of the allocation area

@SMLrun=RUNTIME

specifies runtime system

@SMLquiet

load heap image silently (default)

@SMLverbose

show heap image load progress

@SMLobjects

show list of executable objects

@SMLdebug=FILE

write debugging info to file

-C’ctl'=value

set the control ctl to value.

-D’name'=value

define the CM variable name to have the given value.

-D’name

define the CM variable name to have the value 1.

-U’name'

remove any definition of the CM variable name.

-H

produce complete help listing

-h

produce minimal help listing

-h’level'

help with obscurity limit

-S

list all the controls along with their default value

-s’level'

print a limited list of settings. The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-E

list all the controls along with their corresponding environment variables

-e’level'

print a limited list of environment variables; The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-m

switch to CM.make

-a

switch to CM.autoload; default

file.cm

run CM.make or CM.autoload on file.cm and then return to the SML prompt. Which command is run is determined by the -m and -a flags.

file.sig

execute use file.sig before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.sml

(use) execute use file.sml before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.fun

(use) execute use file.fun before entering the SML top-level loop.

AUTHOR

sml(1) was originally created by Andrew Appel and David MacQueen in 1987. The system is currently maintained by Matthias Blume, David MacQueen, and John Reppy.

SEE-ALSO

smlnj(7)

Standard ML of New Jersey website <https://smlnj.org>

COPYING

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.