John Meacham wrote: > What about something like > >> alloca $ \ptr -> ... where ptr :: Ptr Word8. > > wouldn't ptr only need byte alignment? if the implementation allocates > such values on the stack then it may be hard to guarentee otherwise. > > So, I think the extra verbiage should only apply to routines that > allocate based on a size in bytes, rather than when allocating a > specific type like with the plain alloca and malloc routines.
I had a knee-jerk reaction against this comment, but the more I reflect the more I agree it's probably the right way to go. Thomas _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
