On 11 Nov 2010, at 08:36, Luke Palmer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Jesse Schalken > <jesseschal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have had a look at hs-plugins, but it is unclear how to derive a simple >> pair of functions `(a -> b) -> ByteString` and `ByteString -> Either >> ParseError (a -> b)`, for example, from the functionality it provides, if it >> is possible at all. I guess such a thing requires thorough digging into the >> depths of GHC, (or maybe even LLVM if >> an architecture independent representation is sought, but I don't know >> enough to say.). Perhaps this is more a question for those interested and >> knowledgable in Haskell compilation (and, to some extent, decompilation). >> If not Haskell, are there any languages which provide a simple serialization >> and deserialization of functions? > > As far as I know, GHC has no support for this. There are issues with > the idea that will come out pretty fast, such as: > > (1) Those cannot be pure functions, because it differentiate > denotationally equal functions. So it would have to be at least (a -> > b) -> IO ByteString.
I don't think I agree, I didn't see a rule f == g => serialise f == serialise g anywhere. Bob_______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
