Duncan Coutts wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 22:33 +0000, Magnus Therning wrote: >> Duncan Coutts wrote: >> [..] >>> Just so I'm sure I understand... >> Sure thing. >> >>> Or are you just trying to link some C code statically into a haskell >>> program, but it just so happens that this C code relies on being built >>> with MS's C compiler rather than gcc. >> Yes, this is exactly it. I mean, I could probably hack the incomplete >> mingw header files to add the functions I need, but I thought it'd be >> much easier to just use Microsoft's development environment. >> >>> Perhaps you could clarify what it is you're trying to do (the end goal, >>> just just the minutia) so we can see what feature it is that Cabal is >>> missing that would help your situation. When we figure that out we can >>> file a feature request so it is not forgotten. >> The end goal is to sneak Haskell into the work place ;-) >> >> What I'd really like to see is the ability to “drive” development >> completely from Haskell. With that I mean to, just as on Linux, have a >> single cabal file that compiles the C code containing the wrappers while >> still having access to a complete development environment. On Windows >> that means compiling C/C++ with MS's tool set. >> >> I hope that clarifies what goes on in my muddy mind a bit... > > Ok, so you could create a separate component to produce the .dll / .a > from the C code but you'd prefer the convenience of being able to just: > c-sources: blah.c > and have them included in the project, but built using the MS C > compiler. > > So I think we should file a feature request about building C sources > using gcc/ms-c directly rather than going via ghc as that would give us > the flexibility to use alternative C compilers. > > Perhaps you'd like to file it, otherwise I can. > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/
I raised ticket 229 for this issue. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus．therning＠gmail．com http://therning.org/magnus What if I don't want to obey the laws? Do they throw me in jail with the other bad monads? -- Daveman
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