Ashley Yakeley wrote: > Sittampalam, Ganesh wrote: >>> Oh dear. To fix this, I suppose the RTS would have to be able to keep >>> track of all static initialisers. But it shouldn't otherwise affect >>> program optimisation. >> >> What would the RTS actually do?
> I don't know enough about the RTS to say. I imagine initialisers would > have to be marked in object files, so the RTS could link them separately > when dynamically loading. The RTS would also keep a list of initialisers > in the main program. Sounds plausible, although dynamic relocations do slow down linking. Unloading is another interesting problem. Are we allowed to re-run <- if the module that contained it is unloaded and then reloaded? I'm not quite sure what the conditions for allowing a module to be unloaded in general should be, though. Ganesh ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
