On Dec 28, 2007 7:08 PM, Cristian Baboi <
cristian.baboi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:18:33 +0200, ChrisK <haskell@list.mightyreason.com>
wrote:
> This thread is obviously a source of much fun. I will play too.
Well, it starts with Wikipedia ... :-)
>>
>> What is the definition of an entry point in Haskell ?
> "Haskell" does not have such a concept. At all. An implementation may
> have
> such a concept.
Then a Haskell module know nothing about them.
> Most people on this list define "Haskell" as any attempt at an
> implementation of
> one of the standards which define Haskell, most recently the Hakell 98
> standard.
> This can be nhc / yhc / ghc / hugs / winhugs / helium / jhc. Some of
> these
> compile to native code, some compile to byte code for a virtual
> machine. If an
> implementation can compile separately, then it might support dynamic
> libraries.
> If so then a specific version of that compiler will define its own
> implementation specific concept of an entry point.
How can one make portable dynamic libraries then ?
>> What is the semantics of those entry points ?
> It depends. For recent ghc versions, see its user manual:
> http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/ffi-ghc.html#ffi-library
> http://haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/win32-dlls.html
The conclusion:
Portable Haskell Dynamic libraries does not exists.