>> and if we are adding things to the FFI spec, how about the empty >> data declaration? it is painfully simple to implement and would >> make FFI code a lot cleaner as it tends to depend heavily on >> placeholder types..
> Hugs and ghc already have it (AFAIK). I recently added it to nhc98. > Do you think it should become a formal part of the FFI standard? Or > is it best left as another "common" extension of Haskell'98 that > just happens to be implemented everywhere? I think it's main use is in the ffi so it makes sense to add it there. I don't feel that strongly about this though. A _______________________________________________ FFI mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ffi