[GHC] #13477: Turn cIntegerLibraryType into a dynflag
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#13477: Turn cIntegerLibraryType into a dynflag
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Reporter: nomeata | Owner: (none)
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone:
Component: GHC API | Version: 8.1
Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
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Currently, at configure time we tell GHC whether integers are built using
`integer-gmp` or `integer-simple`, and this gets baked in via the global
constant `cIntegerLibraryType`.
This is all fine for normal use of GHC (the program), but users of ghc
(the library) might want to have more leeway here.
A good solution seems to be turn this into a dynflag setting, so that
users of the GHC API can adjust that as fit. From a cursory glance at the
code, this does not seem to be a big problem.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13477>
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