#12218: Implement -fexternal-interpreter via static linking -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonmar | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- An interesting idea from @hvr. When using `-fexternal-interpreter`, we can statically link the required packages and object files into a new iconv binary, and use that as our external interpreter. This would mean we could support TH and even limited GHCi without needing a dynamic linker of any kind, which is extremely cool. Apparently this would be useful for AIX where doing dynamic linking is hard. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12218 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler