#14018: Expose more pipeline functionality to GHC API -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: literon | Owner: (none) Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.2.1-rc2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- There's many useful functionality in non-exposed modules. For example, `ghc/Main.hs` contains `doMake` [0], which is a one-shop stop for compiling all (non-Haskell + Haskell) source files. Now a GHC API client has to replicate much of this logic to get GHC-alike behavior. Similarly for `parseModeFlags`. Or is the intent here to encourage using of Frontend plugins instead of relying on these internals? [0]: http://stuff.codereview.me/#ghc/ghc/Main.hs?corpus=ghc-8.2.1-rc2&signature&line=696 -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14018 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler