[Haskell-cafe] Interactive Haskell and hs-plugins

[Fraser Wilson]

Hi there,

I would like to use evaluate arbitrary expressions in the context of a
mixed-language (Ada, Haskell and about twelve lines of C glue) applications.
Is it possible to use dynload from hs-plugins to load a module that
references symbols in the loading program?

For example, the application contains a Haskell module that looks a bit like
this:

> module TestKeys.NamedObject where
> tt :: Int
> tt = 2

I want the application to be able to offer the following sort of
interaction:

haskell> tt
2
haskell>

But what actually happens is this:

haskell> tt
test_haskell3: /tmp/MDnum15633.o: unknown symbol
`TestKeysziNamedObject_tt_closure'
test_haskell3: user error (resolveObjs failed with <<False>>)

Compiling Haskell code in advance works (i.e. if I create and compile a
module that evalutes tt and link it in, everything runs fine).

This is how I try to evaluate the expression:

> evaluate :: String -> IO ()
> evaluate "" = return ()
> evaluate e = do writeFile "temp.hs" fileContents
> status <- makeWith "LeanderStub.hs" "temp.hs" ["-c"]
> case status of MakeSuccess code path -> loadAndEval path
> MakeFailure error -> print error
> where fileContents = "module Temp where\n\
> \ result = " ++ e ++ "\n"
>
> loadAndEval :: FilePath -> IO ()
> loadAndEval path = do mv <- dynload path [] [] "result"
> case mv of
> LoadFailure msg -> print msg
> LoadSuccess _ v -> putStrLn v

LeanderStub.hs is a module containing the necessary imports for the
expression to evaluate in the right context.

I was hoping that passing "-c" to makeWith would create an object file whose
missing dependencies would be resolved when it was loaded into an
application which contained them. Is this a dumb expectation? The
alternative -- linking to the entire application for each expression
evaluated -- seems a bit over the top, and I can't see how state would be
maintained.

I originally used unsafeEval_, but this has the same problem.

I can't help but think that this must have been done before. Any advice? If
you know Guile, then the equivalent of gh_repl is what I'm really after.

cheers,
Fraser.
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