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(*                             OCamldoc                                *)
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(*            Maxence Guesdon, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt      *)
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(*  Copyright 2001 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    *)
(*  under the terms of the Q Public License version 1.0.               *)
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(** Representation of element names. *)

type t = string

(** Add parenthesis to the given simple name if needed. *)
val parens_if_infix : t -> t

(** Return a simple name from a name.*)
val simple : t -> t

(** Return the name of the 'father' (like dirname for a file name).*)
val father : t -> t

(** Concatenates two names. *)
val concat : t -> t -> t

(** Returns the head of a name. *)
val head : t -> t

(** Returns the depth of the name, i.e. the numer of levels to the root.
   Example : [Toto.Tutu.name] has depth 3. *)
val depth : t -> int

(** Returns true if the first name is a prefix of the second name.
   If the two names are equals, then if is false (strict prefix).*)
val prefix : t -> t -> bool

(** Take two names n1 and n2 = n3.n4 and return n4 if n3=n1 or else n2. *)
val get_relative : t -> t -> t

(** Take a list of module names to hide and a name,
   and return the name when the module name (or part of it)
   was removedn, according to the list of module names to hide.*)
val hide_given_modules : t list -> t -> t

(** Indicate if a name if qualified or not. *)
val qualified : t -> bool

(** Get a name from an [Ident.t]. *)
val from_ident : Ident.t -> t

(** Get a name from a [Path.t]. *)
val from_path : Path.t -> t

(** Get a [Path.t] from a name.*)
val to_path : t -> Path.t

(** Get a name from a [Longident.t].*)
val from_longident : Longident.t -> t

(** This function takes a name and a list of name aliases and returns the name
   after substitution using the aliases. *)
val name_alias : t -> (t * t) list -> t
