#10871: Implement "fat" interface files which can be directly compiled without source -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: ezyang Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: backpack Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj): Edward can correct me but I think it's about more than time/efficiency. To start again from source you need to have all your import paths, CPP settings, etc etc recorded so that you can replay them. You need to copy all the source files, including any C bits, into the installation tree. There's a LOT of front-end stuff to worry about. But this way all that is gone. We simply have Core; and any C bits are compiled to .o files. Nice! -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10871#comment:12 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler