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doc: add ocaml end user doc to nixpkgs manual

Co-authored-by: Sandro <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
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# OCaml {#sec-language-ocaml}
## User guide {#sec-language-ocaml-user-guide}
OCaml libraries are available in attribute sets of the form `ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_X_XX` where X is to be replaced with the desired compiler version. For example, ocamlgraph compiled with OCaml 4.12 can be found in `ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_12.ocamlgraph`. The compiler itself is also located in this set, under the name `ocaml`.
If you don't care about the exact compiler version, `ocamlPackages` is a top-level alias pointing to a recent version of OCaml.
OCaml applications are usually available top-level, and not inside `ocamlPackages`. Notable exceptions are build tools that must be built with the same compiler version as the compiler you intend to use like `dune` or `ocaml-lsp`.
To open a shell able to build a typical OCaml project, put the dependencies in `buildInputs` and add `ocamlPackages.ocaml` and `ocamlPackages.findlib` to `nativeBuildInputs` at least.
For example:
```nix
let
pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
# choose the ocaml version you want to use
ocamlPackages = pkgs.ocaml-ng.ocamlPackages_4_12;
in
pkgs.mkShell {
# build tools
nativeBuildInputs = with ocamlPackages; [ ocaml findlib dune_2 ocaml-lsp ];
# dependencies
buildInputs = with ocamlPackages; [ ocamlgraph ];
}
```
## Packaging guide {#sec-language-ocaml-packaging}
OCaml libraries should be installed in `$(out)/lib/ocaml/${ocaml.version}/site-lib/`. Such directories are automatically added to the `$OCAMLPATH` environment variable when building another package that depends on them or when opening a `nix-shell`.
Given that most of the OCaml ecosystem is now built with dune, nixpkgs includes a convenience build support function called `buildDunePackage` that will build an OCaml package using dune, OCaml and findlib and any additional dependencies provided as `buildInputs` or `propagatedBuildInputs`.