System.Info.os is wrong, Was Re: HDBC-ODBC compile problem

[Neil Mitchell]

Hi,

>           let isWindows = "mingw" `isPrefixOf` System.Info.os
Eeeeekkkkkk!!!!! Arrrrrggggghhhhh!!!!

You're relying on the fact that System.Info.os is wrong to do a
conditional test. Certainly for something like WinHugs/Yhc they may
have never seen the evil horrors that is mingw, and certainly don't
ship with any of the mingw tools. (Of course, with Hugs and GHC this
code does exactly what you want, so this does work in practice)

I am hoping that Yhc will return "windows" for the answer to
System.Info.os, but perhaps this issue needs exploring more deeply -
maybe an enumeration for os with an other field or something...

Thanks

Neil