Suppress “val it” output in Standard ML

Question

I\'m writing a \"script\" in Standard ML (SML/NJ) that sets up the interactive environment to my liking. The last thing the script does is print out a message indicating eve

Answer 1

In Moscow ML you can run the REPL without declaration output with

mosml -quietdec file.sml

Answer 2

Use this:

val _ = print "I don't show my type";

Answer 3

To surpress the SML-NJ prompt and response, use the following assignment.

Compiler.Control.Print.out := {say=fn _=>(), flush=fn()=>()};
print "I don't show my type";

I don't show my type

although I don't see why the print function returning the type is bad.

The say function controls what is printed out.

There is a larger example in the following SML/NJ notes http://www.cs.cornell.edu/riccardo/prog-smlnj/notes-011001.pdf

The useSilently function can be used to load a file but without displaying any output associated with the loading

fun useSilently (s) = let
val saved = !Compiler.Control.Print.out
fun done () = Compiler.Control.Print.out := saved
in
Compiler.Control.Print.out := {say = fn _ => (), flush = fn () => ()}
(use (s); done ()) handle _ => done ()
end

This is essentially changing the say function to do nothing and then setting it back at the end.