> As usual the FFI "looks through" newtypes. But now that we have
> FunPtr, the following typing makes much more sense:
>
> 'foreign' 'export' [callconv] 'dynamic' varid :: prim_type
> -> IO (FunPtr prim_type)
>
> where both prim_types have to be the *same*. We should probably allow
> the old Addr-typing as well for some time to facilitate the
> transition,
> but not the Ptr-typing (bleeding edge people will know what to do :-).
> The corresponding changes to GHC look easy, so I'd like to commit this
> if there are no objections.
Sounds reasonable to me.
Simon
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