Hi all,
I’ve recently been trying to better understand how and where time is spent
at compile-time when running Template Haskell splices, and one of the areas
I’ve been struggling to figure out is the operation of the linker. From
reading the source code, here’s a summary of what I think I’ve figu
Hi Alexis,
Most information on this can be found on the Wiki, where a lot of these
design decisions are made. e.g.
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/dynamic-ghc-programs
The points you've figured out are correct so far, to answer some of your
questions:
> But I don’t actually understan
Hi Alexis,
let me try to provide the high up view. I'm sorry if I'm going a bit
overboard on details you already know. But let's
start with clearing up a misconception first. No, GHCi does not always
require dynamic linking.
At the very abstract level we have a compiler that knows how to turn
var
