Re: GHCi can't see 'atexit', can't load module

2009-08-26 Thread Maurí­cio CA
I just checked it seems not to be possible to load any module in GHCi that uses FFI to wrap the standard C function 'atexit'. (...) A simple workaround is to just compile the module. (...) If I build a package (using cabal etc.) and try to load such package with 'ghci -package name' the

Re: Plans for GHC 6.12.1: release candidate 14 September 2009

2009-08-26 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 04:34:24PM -0400, Ravi Nanavati wrote: Hypothetically speaking (since I haven't made the call yet), if I wanted to be an early adopter of 6.12.1 when it is released, would now would be the time to start grabbing HEAD and playing with it There are currently some known

Libraries in the repo

2009-08-26 Thread Simon Marlow
Simon and I have been chatting about how we accommodate libraries in the GHC repository. After previous discussion on this list, GHC has been gradually migrating towards having snapshots of libraries kept as tarballs in the repo (currently only time falls into this category), but I don't

Re: Libraries in the repo

2009-08-26 Thread Judah Jacobson
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Simon Marlowmarlo...@gmail.com wrote: Simon and I have been chatting about how we accommodate libraries in the GHC repository.  After previous discussion on this list, GHC has been gradually migrating towards having snapshots of libraries kept as tarballs in the

Re: Libraries in the repo

2009-08-26 Thread Duncan Coutts
On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 17:15 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: * Sometimes we want to make local modifications to INDEPENDENT libraries: - when GHC adds a new warning, we need to fix instances of the warning in the library to keep the GHC build warning-free. I have to say I think

Re: Libraries in the repo

2009-08-26 Thread Don Stewart
marlowsd: Simon and I have been chatting about how we accommodate libraries in the GHC repository. After previous discussion on this list, GHC has been gradually migrating towards having snapshots of libraries kept as tarballs in the repo (currently only time falls into this category),