#7506: adding extra arguments to a foreign import statement can cause ghc to panic ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: jwlato | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler (FFI) | Version: 7.6.1 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Failure: Compile-time crash | Difficulty: Unknown Testcase: ffi/should_fail/T7506 | Blockedby: Blocking: | Related: ------------------------------------+--------------------------------------- Changes (by simonpj):
* status: new => closed * difficulty: => Unknown * resolution: => fixed * testcase: => ffi/should_fail/T7506 Comment: The problem here is simply that a foreign import with a "&" should not have an arrow in its type. See the [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/ffi/ffi/ffise4.html#x7-150004 FFI spec]. GHC should not crash though. Now it says {{{ T7506.hs:6:1: Unacceptable type in foreign declaration: Int -> IO () A foreign-imported address (via &foo) must have type (Ptr a) or (FunPtr a) When checking declaration: foreign import ccall safe "static stdio.h &putchar" c_putchar :: Int -> IO () }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7506#comment:2> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list Glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs