Ptr and ForeignPtr Questions

[Ashley Yakeley]

At 2001-09-23 04:02, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:

>> I would assume that Ptr types would always be mapped to non-const 
>> pointers. Do you have an example of a Haskell type for a foreign import 
>> function, for which the corresponding C function type would be ambiguous?
>
>Take, for example, the following excerpt of the Linux man
>pages

But do you have an example of a Haskell type for a foreign import 
function, for which the corresponding C function type would be ambiguous?

At 2001-09-21 02:20, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:

>One could attempt to generate C prototypes from the Haskell
>type declarations or similar things, btu it doesn't work
>out.

Surely one can still do this? This was what we were discussing, was it 
not? A C type for any given Haskell function type, not necessarily the 
other way around...

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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA