Conal,

Could you remind us what you're using unsafePtrEq for?  Perhaps there's
another way to do what you want, or we could maybe reinstate
unsafePtrEq.

Cheers,
        Simon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sigbjorn Finne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
> Sent: 17 April 2002 04:09
> To: Conal Elliott
> Cc: Ghc-Bugs
> Subject: Re: unsafePtrEq in 5.03?
> 
> 
> A spot of CVS archeology revealed that it was removed as
> a primop as part of a NCG overhaul couple of months ago.
> Don't know if leaving it out was simply an omission or
> if there's something deeper going on.
> 
> Anyway, you can approximate the old defn with the following:
> 
> module PtrEq where
> 
> import GHC.Base
> unsafePtrEq :: a -> a -> Bool
> unsafePtrEq a b = (unsafeCoerce# a) `eqAddr#` (unsafeCoerce# b)
> 
> Clearly, it doesn't chase indirections.
> 
> hth
> --sigbjorn
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Conal Elliott 
> To: Ghc-Bugs 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 18:43
> Subject: unsafePtrEq in 5.03?
> 
> 
> Did unsafePtrEq disappear between 5.02 and 5.03?  - Conal
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