#1477: ghci shouldn't link entire package -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: igloo | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: ⊥ Component: Runtime System | Version: 6.6.1 (Linker) | Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by ezyang): * status: new => closed * failure: => None/Unknown * component: GHCi => Runtime System (Linker) * resolution: => wontfix Comment: This would cause major complications for GHCi, as you would need to somehow be able to load the other symbols lazily when you loaded a new library that actually needed them. Additionally, dynamic linking would have the same problem unless the platform supports lazy dynamic loading. The indicated solution is to split the package into three. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1477#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler