[GHC] #793: Use gcc's libffi to replace Adjustor.c and ByteCodeFFI.hs?

[GHC]

#793: Use gcc's libffi to replace Adjustor.c and ByteCodeFFI.hs?
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 Reporter:  simonmar        |          Owner:  igloo           
     Type:  task            |         Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal          |      Milestone:  6.6.1           
Component:  Runtime System  |        Version:  6.4.1           
 Severity:  normal          |     Resolution:                  
 Keywords:                  |     Difficulty:  Moderate (1 day)
 Testcase:  N/A             |   Architecture:  Unknown         
       Os:  Unknown         |  
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Comment (by Neil Mitchell):

 The Yhc team use Python's ctypes, which is roughly the same thing as
 libffi, but works in more places (everywhere Python does), is a separate
 library so can be installed independantly, and also works on Windows with
 Visual Studio.

 This might be a better choice than libffi, which we initially looked at
 and then rejected.

 svn co http://svn.python.org/projects/ctypes/trunk/ctypes/source/

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