Andrew Coppin wrote:
(1) is not of huge interest to me, but it's pleasing to know that it's possible. (I don't actually know how DLLs work, but presumably if I were to dig around in System.Win32 I could also call normal DLLs from Haskell too if I desire...?)
Sure, that's possible.
(2) is something I'd like to see - and I aplaud you for seeking to make this a portable thing! (As well it should be.) One or other of the developer wiki pages lists this as "things we'll definitely do for 6.10"; can you confirm or refute that?
It's one of several things we quite get done in time for 6.10.1, I'll edit that page.
Also, I read somewhere that you are/were looking at making the RTS into a DLL. What's the status with that?
That's part of the same effort. Once Haskell packages can go into DLLs/shared libraries, the RTS can too (indeed, it probably has to).
Given that I know virtually nothing about how such low-level things work, and I have no clue how GHC works internally, is there anything useful I can do to help you guys with this stuff? I mean, other than complaining that it's not done yet... ;-)
Help with testing and reporting bugs is always welcome! Ee'll announce something when it's ready to test. Cheers, Simon