Re: fixing Foreign

15 Dec 2006


      On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 04:45:51PM -0600, Taral wrote:
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On 12/15/06, John Meacham  wrote:
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plusPtr :: Ptr a -> IntPtr -> Ptr a
minusPtr :: Ptr a -> Ptr b -> IntPtr
This is ptrdiff_t, if I recall correctly...
indeed. C's 'typedef's are like haskell 'type's though and are more for
documentation than anything in many cases.  For haskell we don't want to
go and create distinct haskell types for everything, IntPtr is perfect
for this task. :)

        John

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