#5942: implement POSIX confstr() in System/Posix/Unistd.hsc
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Reporter: clint | Owner:
Type: feature request | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.6.1
Component: libraries/unix | Version: 7.4.1
Resolution: | Keywords: confstr
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour)
Testcase: | Blockedby:
Blocking: | Related:
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Comment(by simonmar):
In general it's not OK to have platform-conditional APIs in the `unix`
package. Typically a missing function will throw an exception (e.g.
`getSlaveTerminalName`), or fall back to a portable version (e.g.
`unsetEnv`). Where there are constants or symbols that need to be
conditional, we use a `.Exts` module (see e.g.
`System.Posix.Signals.Exts`).
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5942#comment:6>
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