Dave Bayer wrote:
What is the best way to embed an arbitrary file in a Haskell program?
I don't know the best way. I'd probably use FFI. main.hs: {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-} module Main where import Foreign import Foreign.ForeignPtr import qualified Data.ByteString as B import qualified Data.ByteString.Internal as BI foreign import ccall "& hello" hello :: Ptr Word8 foreign import ccall "& hello_size" helloSize :: Ptr Int main = do helloSize' <- peek helloSize hello' <- newForeignPtr_ hello let helloBS = BI.PS hello' 0 helloSize' B.putStr helloBS hello.c: char hello[] = "Hello, world!\n"; int hello_size = sizeof(hello); Test: # ghc -O -o main main.hs hello.c -package bytestring # ./main Hello, world! The idea is then to use some existing tool that embeds binary data in C programs. Bertram