import Foreign import Foreign.C.Types foreign import ccall "wrapper" mkComparator :: (Ptr Int -> Ptr Int -> IO CInt) -> IO (FunPtr (Ptr Int -> Ptr Int -> IO CInt)) foreign import ccall qsort :: Ptr Int -> CSize -> CSize -> FunPtr (Ptr Int -> Ptr Int -> IO CInt) -> IO () compareInts :: Ptr Int -> Ptr Int -> IO CInt compareInts a1 a2 = do i1 <- peek a1 i2 <- peek a2 return (fromIntegral (i1 - i2 :: Int)) main :: IO () main = do c <- mkComparator compareInts let values = [ 12, 56, 90, 34, 78 ] :: [Int] n = length values withArray values $ \ buf -> do qsort buf (fromIntegral n) (fromIntegral (sizeOf (head values))) c values' <- peekArray n buf print values'