(...) But the major advantage of hsc2hs is that if your C struct changes or you use a different C compiler, the allignment and size as well as the offsets used in peek and poke will still be correct since the compiler will calculate it for you. (...)
And you wanted to write a storable instance. With hsc2hs you would write it like this: (...)
Thanks! This is actually a really nice tutorial! Do you mind if I try to find a place for it in the wiki?
Regarding "cabal setup", that is only really needed if you are intending to build a package to distribute to other people. (...)
I didn't know about hsc2hs, but I'm a big fan of cabal. I would use it even in "Hello Word".
(...) (I don't have a good link for learning cabal; you'll have to google around (e.g. "haskell cabal") for info.)
Compreensive as a reference, easy to follow as a tutorial: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/Cabal Best, Maurício