Module Readline

module Readline: Readline

type completer = left:string -> right:string -> string list

module History: sig .. end

A mutable variable representing the history.

val input_line : ?history:History.t ->
       ?prompt:string ->
       ?text:string -> ?tab_completion:completer -> unit -> string option

Returns None on EOF (i.e. the user typed ctrl + d)

history : the mutable value used as a history. The deault value is History.default. If you don't want any history ou should use History.null

prompt : the string to use as a prompt (default value ">")

tab_completion : the function use to complete on tab. By default there is no completion.

val input_line_eof : ?history:History.t ->
       ?prompt:string ->
       ?text:string -> ?tab_completion:completer -> unit -> string

val password : ?prompt:string -> unit -> string option

Prompts for a password. Displays '*' instead of typed characters.
Returns None on EOF

val confirm : ?prompt:string -> string -> bool

Prompts for an answer. Returns true if the answer equals the given string (ignoring case), false otherwise.

val choice : (string * 'a) list -> 'a option