> (...) But the major advantage of hsc2hs is that if your C > struct changes or you use a different C compiler, the allignment > and size as well as the offsets used in peek and poke will still > be correct since the compiler will calculate it for you. (...) > > And you wanted to write a storable instance. With hsc2hs you > would write it like this: (...)
Thanks! This is actually a really nice tutorial! Do you mind if I try to find a place for it in the wiki? > Regarding "cabal setup", that is only really needed if you are > intending to build a package to distribute to other people. (...) I didn't know about hsc2hs, but I'm a big fan of cabal. I would use it even in "Hello Word". > (...) (I don't have a good link for learning cabal; you'll have > to google around (e.g. "haskell cabal") for info.) Compreensive as a reference, easy to follow as a tutorial: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/Cabal Best, Maurício _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
