#9297: Packages linked against certain Windows .dll files give warnings at runtime -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: simonmar RyanGlScott | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.8.2 Component: Runtime | Keywords: System | Architecture: x86_64 (amd64) Resolution: | Difficulty: Unknown Operating System: Windows | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: #2283 None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by hvr): * related: => #2283 Comment: Fwiw, the code emitting that warning is in `rts/Linker.c`, and has the following comment attached: {{{#!c /* Ticket #2283. Long description: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132044 tl;dr: If C/C++ compiler sees __declspec(dllimport) ... foo ... it generates call *__imp_foo, and __imp_foo here has exactly the same semantics as in __imp_foo = GetProcAddress(..., "foo") */ }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9297#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler