> Manuel M T Chakravarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > -=- Changes since RC 9
> >
> > * 6.2: All the types in CTypes must be newtypes that are exported
> > abstractly.
>
> This change makes things highly inconvenient in nhc98. A newtype
> can only be passed across the FFI in nhc98 if we have enough
> information to determine the original type that is being renamed.
> If Foreign.C.Types exports them abstractly, then currently we do not
> have that information, and so these types cannot be used at all!
>
> I am not suggesting that the newtype constructors should necessarily
> be part of the API seen by the user, but the problem comes down to a
> known deficiency in nhc98's interface file conventions.
How about exporting them non-abstractly for nhc98 only, and adding a
comment to explain why the workaround is necessary?
Cheers,
Simon
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