Sorry for the double post, but I forgot to mention I'm using GHC 7.4 and gcc/libstdc++ 4.5.2. (Running Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal).
2012/3/7 Yves Parès <yves.pa...@gmail.com> > Hi, I'm trying to have GHCi load a haskell file that depends on a C++ > object file, which causes GHCi to fail because of an unknown symbol (*and > I did link with **libstdc++*), whereas the link into an executable with > ghc works and runs perfectly. > > I've reduced my code to the smallest one that produces the problem: > The C++ part defines a mere class and C externals that enable > communication with Haskell: > > // Header Stuff.hpp > class Base { > public: > Base(); > ~Base(); > } > > extern "C" { > Base* mkthing(); > void delthing(Base*); > } > > ----------- > > // Source Stuff.cpp > #include <iostream> > #include "Stuff.hpp" > using namespace std; > > Base::Base() > { > cout << "Base created" << endl; > } > > Base::~Base() > { > cout << "Base deleted" << endl; > } > > extern "C" { > Base* mkthing() > { > return new Base(); > } > > void delthing(Base* b) > { > delete b; > } > } > > Haskell code (just for reference, but I'm not sure it's relevant), Main.hs: > > {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-} > import Foreign > import Foreign.C > > foreign import ccall unsafe "mkthing" > mkthing :: IO (Ptr ()) > > foreign import ccall unsafe "delthing" > delthing :: Ptr () -> IO () > > main = do > p <- mkthing > delthing p > > > I then compile it with: > g++ -c Stuff.cpp > ghci Main.hs Stuff.o -lstdc++ > > And then the error is: > Loading object (static) Stuff.o ... done > Loading object (dynamic) > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.5.2/libstdc++.so ... done > final link ... ghc: Stuff.o: unknown symbol `__dso_handle' > linking extra libraries/objects failed > > Whereas 'ghc Main.hs Stuff.o -lstdc++' works just fine. > Does GHCi lacks a link directive that regular GHC has? >
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