Mac CPP problem with ghc-clang-wrapper

[Malcolm Wallace]

Yes, this is a known problem.  I intend to put out a fresh version of HaXml soon to fix it.

Regards,
    Malcolm


On 18 Mar 2014, at 15:17, Christian Maeder wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> under mavericks using the ghc-clang-wrapper (ghc-7.6) or using ghc-7.8.20140130 I can no longer install the HaXml package.
> 
> The source line:
>   putStrLn $ "part of HaXml-"++show MAJOR.MINOR
> 
> seems to put spaces around the decimal point between MAJOR and MINOR and fails as shown below.
> 
> Is this already a known problem?
> 
> Cheers Christian
> 
> [14 of 42] Compiling Text.XML.HaXml.Wrappers ( src/Text/XML/HaXml/Wrappers.hs, dist/build/Text/XML/HaXml/Wrappers.o )
> 
> src/Text/XML/HaXml/Wrappers.hs:34:36:
>    Couldn't match type ‛[Char]’ with ‛b0 -> c0’
>    Expected type: b0 -> c0
>      Actual type: String
>    Possible cause: ‛show’ is applied to too many arguments
>    In the first argument of ‛(.)’, namely ‛show 1’
>    In the second argument of ‛(++)’, namely ‛show 1 . 24’
> 
> src/Text/XML/HaXml/Wrappers.hs:34:36:
>    Couldn't match expected type ‛[Char]’ with actual type ‛a0 -> c0’
>    In the second argument of ‛(++)’, namely ‛show 1 . 24’
>    In the second argument of ‛($)’, namely
>      ‛"part of HaXml-" ++ show 1 . 24’
>    In a stmt of a 'do' block:
>      putStrLn $ "part of HaXml-" ++ show 1 . 24
> Failed to install HaXml-1.24
> 
>