#1566: Move the throwErrnoPath* functions from unix:System.Posix.Error to
base:Foreign.C.Error
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Reporter: igloo | Owner:
Type: proposal | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Not GHC
Component: libraries/base | Version: 6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: Unknown | Os: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: Unknown
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Currently, unix:System.Posix.Error has a number of throwErrnoPath*
functions which are entirely portable, but they are not available on
Windows due to being in the unix package.
In the thread beginning http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2007-
July/007793.html Simon Marlow writes:
{{{
When I needed to add some error-related functionality for the POSIX
library, I didn't want to add extra stuff to Foreign.C.Error beyond what
was specified in the FFI spec, so I added System.Posix.Error instead.
This was just conservative; we could probably add throwErrnoPath and
friends to Foreign.C.Error (with the usual proposal process).
}}}
I propose that these functions are moved to base:Foreign.C.Error. They
would still be re-exported by unix:System.Posix.Error to minimise
breakage.
Suggested deadline: Sun 12 August 2007.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1566>
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