#13940: Reduce duplicate implementations of argument handling on Windows ----------------------------------------+--------------------------------- Reporter: AndreasK | Owner: (none) Type: task | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Runtime System | Version: Keywords: unicode windows | Operating System: Windows Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: #12870 Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: ----------------------------------------+--------------------------------- On windows we currently ignore arguments to hs_init/main's argv and instead get the arguments from the windows api when they are requested from the Haskell side. This means * Passing custom arguments to hs_init when not using hs_main might behave unexpected (The haskell und RTS side see different arguments). * Duplication of code to simulate filtering of Arguments by the RTS on the Haskell side. * Behavior between Linux and Windows might differ as result of the above (eg #13287) Instead we can get the UTF16 encoded arguments inside of hs_main from the windows API and pass them along to the RTS UTF8-encoded. This allows argument handling to be fairly uniform between Linux and Windows and enables us to accept hs_init arguments on Windows. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13940 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler