External
external oder „FFI“ (foreign function interface) oder einfach „interop“ (für Interoperabilität) beschreiben, wie Reason mit anderen Sprachen wie C oder JavaScript kommuniziert.
Imagine writing a let binding, but with its body omitted and its (mandatory) type written down:
external myCFunction: int => string = "theCFunction";
Note: externals can only be at the top level, or inside a module definition. You can't declare them in e.g. a function body.
Verwendung
You'd use an external value/function as if it was a normal let binding.
For more infos on how to link up your C functions within your Reason application, have a look at the Dealing with foreign libraries section in the dune build system docs.