This chapter describes the functions provided by the Objective Caml
core library module: module Pervasives. This module is special in two
ways:
It is automatically linked with the user's object code files by
the ocamlc command (chapter 8).
It is automatically ``opened'' when a compilation starts, or
when the toplevel system is launched. Hence, it is possible to use
unqualified identifiers to refer to the functions provided by the
Pervasives module, without adding a open Pervasives directive.
Conventions
The declarations from the signature of the Pervasives module are
printed one by one in typewriter font, followed by a short comment.
All modules and the identifiers they export are indexed at the end of
this report.
