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| author | Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com> | 2013-09-22 20:10:31 -0500 |
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| committer | Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com> | 2013-09-22 20:12:16 -0500 |
| commit | 6e6e6f5bfdfc3996603064523af6e2be2c5131fa (patch) | |
| tree | 8f12d92739f58135d8a118fe1ddb4534bf3523c0 /docs | |
| parent | 6f799899aa7cd9c59c9ebf9c9709f9423d93d307 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-6e6e6f5bfdfc3996603064523af6e2be2c5131fa.tar.gz | |
Release note blurb.
GHCi now runs constructors for linked libraries.
Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml index 7db6f316a3..fa411876f9 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml @@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para> + <para> New PrimOps for atomic memory operations. The <literal>casMutVar#</literal> PrimOp was introduced in - GHC 7.2 (debugged in 7.4). This release also includes additional - PrimOps for compare-and-swap (<literal>casArray#</literal> and - <literal>casIntArray#</literal>) and one for fetch-and-add + GHC 7.2 (debugged in 7.4). This release also includes additional + PrimOps for compare-and-swap (<literal>casArray#</literal> and + <literal>casIntArray#</literal>) and one for fetch-and-add (<literal>fetchAddIntArray#</literal>). </para> </listitem> @@ -429,6 +429,20 @@ current search path for Haskell modules. </para> </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + The GHCi linker now runs constructors for linked + libraries. This means for example that C code + using + <literal>__attribute__((constructor))</literal> + can now properly be loaded into GHCi. + </para> + + <para> + Note: destructors are not supported. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect3> |