#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 simonpj):
inline-java was using the static pointer table to store java bytecode.
Crumbs! It was never designed for that purpose! It's like using a hammer to mow the lawn: a tool for one job used for another. The trouble is that, becuase it wasn't designed for the purpose, it keeps failing to serve that purpose. The danger is that, to keep serving the accidental application, the original concept gets muddied. Let's stand back. If we want to register bytecode objects (I'm terribly hazy about what that even means) what is a general, re-usable mechanism that GHC might provide to make that (and perhaps other things) possible? You say you aren't using the SPT for this purpose any more. What are you using? Does it nicely serve the purpose? Could mnislaih use it too? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14090#comment:13 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler