On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 06:55:38PM +0000, Neil Mitchell wrote: > >> However, I also want to develop Hoogle using WinHugs on Windows on a > >> computer without a C compiler, and it seems that the generated > >> Paths_Hoogle module requires FFI on Windows? Is there any way round > >> this, or am I just out of luck in using Cabal's path feature in this > >> situation? > > > >Perhaps it could call things from the System.Win32 lib instead of doing > >the FFI directly. > > > >Could you investigate what external functions we need exactly and if > >they're exported from System.Win32. > > foreign import stdcall unsafe "windows.h GetModuleFileNameA" > getModuleFileName :: Ptr () -> CString -> Int -> IO Int32 > > That's the only one. Wouldn't it make more sense to put this FFI call > in Cabal (which is always there, and always required) instead of > Win32, which isn't an existing dependancy?
Cabal isn't an existing dependency either (thought both will be present). Surely System.Win32.DLL.getModuleFileName is the Right Thing. _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
