Re: Readline read_history and write_history addition

I don't see why not. I've attached a patch to add bindings for all six functions. Alex On Jan 19, 2008 11:09 AM, Judah Jacobson wrote:

On Jan 18, 2008 11:10 PM, Alexander Dunlap wrote:

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Hello all,

I'd like to propose the addition of read_history and write_history bindings to the readline library. I believe I've followed the instructions on the Haskell wiki appropriately and I've set up a ticket (with a patch) at http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2053.

Essentially, the patch adds simple bindings so that Haskell programs can use Readline's read_history and write_history functions. This will be useful for the implementation of http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2050 (add persistent history to GHCi) and potentially other applications.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Alex

That patch looks good to me. While we're at it, can we also add the following related functions, which are used to control the maximum size of the history file? (They're also provided by editline.)

void clear_history(void); void stifle_history(int); int unstifle_history(void); int history_is_stifled(void);

Thanks, -Judah