26 Jul 2012 12:20
Making extra GMP bindings
Robin Morisset <robin.morisset <at> ens.fr>
2012-07-26 10:20:47 GMT
2012-07-26 10:20:47 GMT
Hello, We haven't found mpz_nextprime in the list of gmp functions that have bindings in integer-gmp, and we would like to call it from a Haskell project. We have first looked at a few simple examples of using the FFI but found several difficulties: - The mapping between Integer and the C data types isn't explicited anywhere - The gmp function gives its result by writing it in its second argument, instead of returning it. Building a wrapper for it that allocates the resulting Integer wouldn't be trivial because of how it could interact with the GC Then we looked at how integer-gmp itself does it, it seems to be writing lots of cmm wrappers that call inside of the GHC runtime. Is there an easier way to build a binding for a gmp function than to hack integer-gmp and recompile ghc ? Thanks, Robin Morisset & Florian Bourse
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