#14090: Static pointers are not being registered under certain conditions -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mnislaih | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3843 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by facundo.dominguez): When we moved {{{inline-java}}} to use a ghc plugin, we stopped using the static pointer table. But it would have broken because of this. {{{inline-java}}} was using the static pointer table to store java bytecode. At runtime, the SPT was traversed looking for the bytecode to pass it to the JVM. The bytecode was inserted in the SPT by creating some static forms which were never accessed other than through the SPT traversal. But as I said, inline-java doesn't use the SPT anymore. Maybe mnislaih has another use case. The documentation for {{{staticPtrKeys}}} is available in the module {{{GHC.StaticPtr}}}. https://www.stackage.org/haddock/lts-9.0/base-4.9.1.0/GHC-StaticPtr.html We could say more in the user guide, of course. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14090#comment:11 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler