#13237: Extend TH with addModCStub -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: facundo.dominguez | facundo.dominguez Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1 Component: Template Haskell | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: inline-c Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3106 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by facundo.dominguez): As far as I've tested, changing spaces in irrelevant places, forces recompilation of files which import the module when the files use TH. I'd say in the current state of affairs there is no danger of ignoring a change, but rather unnecessary recompilation might happen. Regarding the possibility of includes in the C code which changes, it won't be detected in the same way that reading a file with `runIO` isn't detected. For this cases, there is [https://www.stackage.org/haddock/lts-7.19/template-haskell-2.11.0.0 /Language-Haskell-TH-Syntax.html#v:addDependentFile addDependentFile] to let GHC know of the dependency. I'm afraid it is not easy to call `addDependentFile` in `addCStub` because identifying the relevant files is difficult if they are conditionally included (i.e. between `#if` and `#endif`). On the otherhand, it would be ok to ask the frameworks producing the C code to call `addDependentFile` as necessary. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13237#comment:13 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler