error msg and unboxing

1998-02-24 Thread Fermin Reig
Hi, I got the following error message with 2.10: MyFiniteMap.lhs:857: Compiler bug: kind mis-match between `ta1XZ' :: `*' and `Int#' :: `*#' Expected: `Int#' Inferred: `ta1XZ' In the second argument of `put', namely `size' In a do statement: `sizePid -

Another 3.01 glitchlet.

1998-02-24 Thread Alex Ferguson
Hi all. My prior whines about version-numbered binaries have been answered, I see: thanks, esp. to Simon M. However, I have yet another in this series of moans... When I do a gnumake install from the source tree, it flumps, with: ln -s ghc-3.01 /usr/local/bin/ghc ln: cannot create

Want a job?

1998-02-24 Thread Simon L Peyton Jones
I'd be delighted if a programming-language-aware person applied for this (tenured) post. Deadline 13 March. Simon Lectureship in Computing Science University of Glasgow The University invites applications for a permanent lectureship in the Department of

Re: Binary files in Haskell

1998-02-24 Thread Tony Davie
Tim Barbour writes "Tony" == Tony Davie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony This has well know disadvantages. Simon has already pointed Tony out that it's not relocatable. It's also limited to the size Tony of virtual memory and takes up that amount of space even Tony though most of

Re: Binary files in Haskell

1998-02-24 Thread Timothy Robin BARBOUR
"Tony" == Tony Davie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tony This has well know disadvantages. Simon has already pointed Tony out that it's not relocatable. It's also limited to the size Tony of virtual memory and takes up that amount of space even Tony though most of it may not be used.

Re: Binary files in Haskell

1998-02-24 Thread S. Alexander Jacobson
The debate about heavy or light-weight saving sounds a lot like the debate in traditional programming languages of how users should implement persistent state. Java comes with a serialization mechanism that allows the user to save and load all objects reachable from a particular object root. It