Re: LLVM and dynamic linking

2013-12-20 Thread Ben Gamari
Simon Marlow writes: > This sounds right to me. Did you submit a patch? > Not yet, I'm currently fighting through some build system issues which are preventing me from actually installing and testing the compiler on my ARM box. > Note that dynamic linking with LLVM is likely to produce signific

Re: Help needed: adding pattern synonym support to Haddock

2013-12-20 Thread Mateusz Kowalczyk
On 20/12/13 12:45, Dr. ERDI Gergo wrote: > Hi, > > I've started looking at adding pattern synonym support to Haddock (as part > of #5144), but I've realized that pattern synonyms are different enough > from other, existing declarations that are processed by Haddock that I'd > like to discuss it

Help needed: adding pattern synonym support to Haddock

2013-12-20 Thread Dr. ERDI Gergo
Hi, I've started looking at adding pattern synonym support to Haddock (as part of #5144), but I've realized that pattern synonyms are different enough from other, existing declarations that are processed by Haddock that I'd like to discuss it first. Who would be 'the Haddock guy' to talk to?

Re: LLVM and dynamic linking

2013-12-20 Thread Simon Marlow
This sounds right to me. Did you submit a patch? Note that dynamic linking with LLVM is likely to produce significantly worse code that with the NCG right now, because the LLVM back end uses dynamic references even for symbols in the same package, whereas the NCG back-end uses direct static r