[Haskell-cafe] FFI question - FunPtrs to top-level functions

[kyra]

On 8/18/2011 6:49 AM, Antoine Latter wrote:
> Hi Haskell,
>
> I have a question about the Haskell FFI and creating FunPtrs to
> Haskell functions.
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for when I have a top-level
> function that I would like to pass to a C function as a function
> pointer (that is called via a foreign import)?
>
> I know that the FFI provides the "wrapper" foreign import I can use to
> wrap Haskell functions, but then I would need to jump through hoops to
> manage the liefetime of of the FunPtr wrapper. If I were closing over
> interesting state I would want this - but the function
> (side-effectfully) operates only on its arguments (and the Haskell
> RTS, of course).
>
> Is it "okay" to place an "unsafePerformIO $ mkWrapper myFunc" as a
> top-level declaration, or am I journeying into uncharted lands?
>
> Is there something clever I can do with foreign exports and foreign
> imports, or is this just making things too complex?
>
> Thanks,
> Antoine
>
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You can export and reimport the same function with no "wrapper" needed. 
For example:

foreign export ccall foo :: ...
foreign import ccall "& foo" fooptr :: FunPtr (...)

Cheers,
Kyra