ocaml / ocaml/dune

(dirs ...) not recognised in dune2

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Description

I see the following when offering this line through an ocaml format dune file:

8 | (dirs *)
^^^^
Error: Unknown constructor dirs

it seems to work as expected in a static dune file though.

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Reproduce the (dirs *) example through an OCaml format dune file and compare it with the same expression in a static dune file. Trace why the formatter reports Unknown constructor dirs; done means the expression is accepted and behaves consistently in both contexts.

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Tech stack
ocaml
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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