#10049: Lower level memcpy primop -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: chadaustin | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.8.4 Component: Compiler | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Architecture: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I'm doing some really low-level buffer stuff, and it would be quite helpful if there were lower-level memcpy primitives. I'm thinking something like: {{{#!hs copyBytes# :: Addr# -> Addr# -> Int# -> State# s -> State# s copyBytes dst src size _ = ... }}} I would expect it to compile, on x86, into "rep movsb", which is frequently optimal on Ivy Bridge and Haswell. The other memcpy primitives use Array# or MutableArray#, and it's not clear how, if all you have is an Addr#, how to get the corresponding Array# or MutableArray#. (Can you just cast?) It may be appropriate to have corresponding 16-bit and 32-bit operations; "rep movsw" and "rep movsd", respectively. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10049 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler