GHC (API?) question: GHC Core for Base libraries

Tue Dec 4 21:10:34 UTC 2018

Indeed, the boot.sh script is likely what you are looking for. To
compile `base` and retrieve Core for it, you just need to set up an
empty package database, use the Setup.hs script in base to compile it,
and load your plugin via "--ghc-option=.." provided to `Setup
configure`.
On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 2:37 AM Bill Hallahan <william.hallahan at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Joachim Breitner's veggies(https://github.com/nomeata/veggies) project is a good example of using a vanilla ghc installation to compile standard libraries like base.
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> Thanks Cheng, this looks interesting and helpful!  I'm still trying to understand it fully, but it seems like the important pieces for building base are in the boot and Setup scripts?
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> The problem here is that you're using a stage 1 build, and stage 1 lacks support for the bytecode backend used by TH, plugins, ghci, etc. A base build with a stage 2 compiler should work.
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> Thanks Brandon.  Is there a recommended/documented way to build base with a stage 2 compiler?  I haven't been able to find anything about this on the wiki.
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> On Dec 3, 2018, at 11:10 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The problem here is that you're using a stage 1 build, and stage 1 lacks support for the bytecode backend used by TH, plugins, ghci, etc. A base build with a stage 2 compiler should work.
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> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 9:11 PM Bill Hallahan <william.hallahan at yale.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> I'm writing a program analyzer that operates on GHC Core.  Currently, I'm using the GHC API to get Core from .hs files.  I'd like to be able to run this analysis on the standard libraries that come with GHC, which requires getting those as Core.
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>> Unfortunately, the build process for these libraries is not entirely straightforward, and relies on a make script.  I eventually came up with the plan of writing a GHC plugin, which, rather than performing any optimizations, would simply run the analysis, and then print the results out to a file.  I was able to write the plugin successfully, and test it on several files that were not from the base library.
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>> Then, i turned to modify the GhcLibHcOpts flag in mk/build.mk, so that the make script would call the plugin.  I ended up with the following:
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>> GhcLibHcOpts = -package-db /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.0.2/package.conf.d -package-db /Users/BillHallahan/.ghc/x86_64-darwin-8.0.2/package.conf.d -package hplugin -fplugin HPlugin.Plugin -v
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>> The two package databases are to get to (1) the GHC API and (2) the plugin ("hplugin") itself.  With this I get an error message, which I have not been able to find a way to resolve:
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>> "inplace/bin/ghc-stage1" -hisuf hi -osuf  o -hcsuf hc -static  -H32m -O -Wall      -this-unit-id ghc-prim-0.5.0.0 -hide-all-packages -i -ilibraries/ghc-prim/. -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen -Ilibraries/ghc-prim/.    -optP-include -optPlibraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/autogen/cabal_macros.h -package-id rts -this-unit-id ghc-prim -XHaskell2010 -package-db /usr/local/lib/ghc-8.0.2/package.conf.d -package-db /Users/BillHallahan/.ghc/x86_64-darwin-8.0.2/package.conf.d -package hplugin -fplugin HPlugin.Plugin  -no-user-package-db -rtsopts -Wno-trustworthy-safe -Wno-deprecated-flags     -Wnoncanonical-monad-instances  -odir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -hidir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -stubdir libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build -split-objs  -dynamic-too -c libraries/ghc-prim/./GHC/Types.hs -o libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Types.o -dyno libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Types.dyn_o
>> <command line>: not built for interactive use - can't load plugins (HPlugin.Plugin)
>> make[1]: *** [libraries/ghc-prim/dist-install/build/GHC/Types.o] Error 1
>> make: *** [all] Error 2
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>> So I'm now wondering (an answer to either of these two questions would be helpful):
>> (1) Is this a viable path?  That is, is it possible to use a plugin when building Base?  If so, does anyone know what I might be doing wrong/what could be causing this error message?
>> (2) Is there some other better/easier way I could get Core representations of the standard libraries?  I guess, in theory, it must be possible to compile the standard libraries with the GHC API, but I have no idea how/where to look to figure out how?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
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