Re: Linking to Haskell code from an external program

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"Simon" == Simon Marlow writes:

Colin> I then attempted to move it into Eiffel. I can compile the Colin> C code OK, but I'm running into problems with linking. >> Colin> I solved most of the problems by adding the -v flag to the Colin> call to ghc which I used to link the original (haskell + c Colin> only) program, and cut-and-paste the linker options from Colin> their into the Eiffel configuration file. This isn't really Colin> satisfactory - I would like some automatic way to determine Colin> what the flags should be. Simon> The only other way I can think of is to construct the Simon> arguments yourself by querying the package database, Simon> e.g. "ghc-pkg field ld-options rts", but you'll have to Simon> combine the information from several different fields of Simon> the packages you use, and basically reproduce what GHC does Simon> to construct the ld command line. Can you point me at where it does this? Thanks. -- Colin Adams Preston Lancashire