"static_wrapper" imports in the FFI

[Isaac Dupree]

On 03/16/10 19:38, Iavor Diatchki wrote:
> The fact that, at present, all GHC-compiled programs require an
> executable data segment is a fairly significant problem.

> ...

> I thought of implementing the feature as a preprocessor but it did not
> seem very easy to do because we need to parse Haskell types.

Something doesn't add up for me here.  If *all* GHC-compiled programs 
require an executable data segment, then how could a preprocessor 
possibly remedy this problem? (and likewise, how does the static_wrapper 
patch do so...)

-Isaac