Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: plugins 1.5.1. a framework for dynamic extension of Haskell programs

2010-09-22 Thread Don Stewart
No, xmonad uses a different dynamic extension model based on the OS process. To dynamically upgrade an xmonad process, you, * modify the source (i.e. the config file) * hit mod-q, which triggers: + linking of the config file into the application library, creating a new xmonad binary

Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: plugins 1.5.1. a framework for dynamic extension of Haskell programs

2010-09-22 Thread Daniel Santa Cruz
Most awesome! Does xmonad make use of this library? Daniel ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

[Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: plugins 1.5.1. a framework for dynamic extension of Haskell programs

2010-09-22 Thread Don Stewart
I'm pleased to announce the release 1.5.1 of the Haskell "plugins" library, $ cabal install plugins The "plugins" library provides a comprehensive API for: * dynamic loading and linking native Haskell modules * runtime compilation and meta-programming in Haskell * runtime hotswap