On 08-Nov-2000, Simon Marlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > (2) the ability for FFI to link in values as weak external
> > references. (In other words
> > the reference doesn't have to be resolved and you can
> > find out if it has been.)
> > So assuming (1) has been implemented, I migh
Simon Marlow wrote:
[snip]
> > (1) the ability for FFI to give me access to an external
> > value as well as an external
> > function, as in
> >foreign import "default_arguments" defaultArguments :: Addr
>
> We have this. It's called "foreign label", but it's in an obscure part of
>
> I have just come up against an application where I would like
> the user to be
> able (if required) to link in a file containing a set of
> default options to the
> application. So what I would IDEALLY like is
> (1) the ability for FFI to give me access to an external
> value as well as an
I have just come up against an application where I would like the user to be
able (if required) to link in a file containing a set of default options to the
application. So what I would IDEALLY like is
(1) the ability for FFI to give me access to an external value as well as an external
func
