#11683: compiled files don't load in ghci -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: George | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1-rc2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: MacOS X | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect result | Unknown/Multiple at runtime | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Description changed by George: @@ -48,1 +48,1 @@ - Unfortunately when I do + Unfortunately when I add -v I don't see why it works. @@ -53,2 +53,2 @@ - I don't see why it works. It doesn't seem to use just ghc to compile , it - also uses gcc, see attached file. + It doesn't seem to use just ghc to compile , it also uses gcc, see + attached file. New description: compiled files don't load in ghci {{{ ghc -DYNAMIC bug.hs [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( bug.hs, bug.o ) Linking bug ... bash-3.2$ ghci -ignore-dot-ghci GHCi, version 8.0.0.20160204: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> Prelude> :load bug [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( bug.hs, interpreted ) Ok, modules loaded: Main. *Main> :show modules Main ( bug.hs, interpreted ) *Main> }}} According to the doc, file:///usr/local/share/doc/ghc-8.0.0.20160204/html/users_guide/ghci.html #loading-compiled-code, this should work: {{{ Note the -dynamic flag to GHC: GHCi uses dynamically-linked object code (if you are on a platform that supports it), and so in order to use compiled code with GHCi it must be compiled for dynamic linking. }}} Similarly https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8736#comment:4 says the same thing: {{{ if you say :load Foo in GHCi Foo was compiled with -dynamic: loads Foo.o }}} Interestingly -fobject-code does work: {{{ ghci -ignore-dot-ghci -fobject-code GHCi, version 8.0.0.20160204: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> :load bug [1 of 1] Compiling Main ( bug.hs, bug.o ) Ok, modules loaded: Main. Prelude Main> }}} Unfortunately when I add -v I don't see why it works. {{{ ghci -v -ignore-dot-ghci -fobject-code }}} It doesn't seem to use just ghc to compile , it also uses gcc, see attached file. {{{ ghc --version The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 8.0.0.20160204 bash-3.2$ ghc --info [("Project name","The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System") ,("GCC extra via C opts"," -fwrapv -fno-builtin") ,("C compiler command","/usr/bin/gcc") ,("C compiler flags"," -m64 -fno-stack-protector") ,("C compiler link flags"," -m64") ,("Haskell CPP command","/usr/bin/gcc") ,("Haskell CPP flags","-E -undef -traditional -Wno-invalid-pp-token -Wno- unicode -Wno-trigraphs") ,("ld command","/usr/bin/ld") ,("ld flags"," -arch x86_64") ,("ld supports compact unwind","YES") ,("ld supports build-id","NO") ,("ld supports filelist","YES") ,("ld is GNU ld","NO") ,("ar command","/usr/bin/ar") ,("ar flags","clqs") ,("ar supports at file","NO") ,("touch command","touch") ,("dllwrap command","/bin/false") ,("windres command","/bin/false") ,("libtool command","libtool") ,("perl command","/usr/bin/perl") ,("cross compiling","NO") ,("target os","OSDarwin") ,("target arch","ArchX86_64") ,("target word size","8") ,("target has GNU nonexec stack","False") ,("target has .ident directive","True") ,("target has subsections via symbols","True") ,("Unregisterised","NO") ,("LLVM llc command","/usr/local/bin/llc-3.7") ,("LLVM opt command","/usr/local/bin/opt-3.7") ,("Project version","8.0.0.20160204") ,("Project Git commit id","e2230228906a1c0fa1f86a0c1aa18d87de3cc49d") ,("Booter version","7.10.2") ,("Stage","2") ,("Build platform","x86_64-apple-darwin") ,("Host platform","x86_64-apple-darwin") ,("Target platform","x86_64-apple-darwin") ,("Have interpreter","YES") ,("Object splitting supported","YES") ,("Have native code generator","YES") ,("Support SMP","YES") ,("Tables next to code","YES") ,("RTS ways","l debug thr thr_debug thr_l thr_p dyn debug_dyn thr_dyn thr_debug_dyn l_dyn thr_l_dyn") ,("RTS expects libdw","NO") ,("Support dynamic-too","YES") ,("Support parallel --make","YES") ,("Support reexported-modules","YES") ,("Support thinning and renaming package flags","YES") ,("Requires unified installed package IDs","YES") ,("Uses package keys","YES") ,("Uses unit IDs","YES") ,("Dynamic by default","NO") ,("GHC Dynamic","YES") ,("GHC Profiled","NO") ,("Leading underscore","YES") ,("Debug on","False") ,("LibDir","/usr/local/lib/ghc-8.0.0.20160204") ,("Global Package DB","/usr/local/lib/ghc-8.0.0.20160204/package.conf.d") ] }}} -- -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11683#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler