#9743: Expose ghc-bin code as a library -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: luite | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Unknown | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- We have a few projects, most notably `ghci-ng`, `ghc-mod` and `GHCJS` using significant parts of the GHC front end, doing so by copying the code into their own trees. While the code hasn't been written with use as a library in mind, exposing it can significantly reduce the amount of code to be copied by these projects, in particular if they want to support multiple GHC versions. We could either expose `ghc-bin` directly as a package, adding all modules as `exposed-modules`, or add the modules to the `ghc` package. As far as I could see, `ghc-bin` does not have any dependencies that `ghc` does not already have, so I don't have any strong preference for either. We can use the current version as a starting point and adapt it for the projects using it as needed. I'd submit a few small changes to `Main.hs` that'd let GHCJS use much more of it. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9743 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler