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|
{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables, BangPatterns, CPP #-}
--
-- | Interacting with the interpreter, whether it is running on an
-- external process or in the current process.
--
module GHCi
( -- * High-level interface to the interpreter
evalStmt, EvalStatus_(..), EvalStatus, EvalResult(..), EvalExpr(..)
, resumeStmt
, abandonStmt
, evalIO
, evalString
, evalStringToIOString
, mallocData
, createBCOs
, addSptEntry
, mkCostCentres
, costCentreStackInfo
, newBreakArray
, enableBreakpoint
, breakpointStatus
, getBreakpointVar
-- * The object-code linker
, initObjLinker
, lookupSymbol
, lookupClosure
, loadDLL
, loadArchive
, loadObj
, unloadObj
, addLibrarySearchPath
, removeLibrarySearchPath
, resolveObjs
, findSystemLibrary
-- * Lower-level API using messages
, iservCmd, Message(..), withIServ, stopIServ
, iservCall, readIServ, writeIServ
, purgeLookupSymbolCache
, freeHValueRefs
, mkFinalizedHValue
, wormhole, wormholeRef
, mkEvalOpts
, fromEvalResult
) where
import GHCi.Message
#if defined(GHCI)
import GHCi.Run
#endif
import GHCi.RemoteTypes
import GHCi.ResolvedBCO
import GHCi.BreakArray (BreakArray)
import Fingerprint
import HscTypes
import UniqFM
import Panic
import DynFlags
import ErrUtils
import Outputable
import Exception
import BasicTypes
import FastString
import Util
import Hooks
import Control.Concurrent
import Control.Monad
import Control.Monad.IO.Class
import Data.Binary
import Data.Binary.Put
import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LB
import Data.IORef
import Foreign hiding (void)
#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,9,0)
import GHC.Stack.CCS (CostCentre,CostCentreStack)
#else
import GHC.Stack (CostCentre,CostCentreStack)
#endif
import System.Exit
import Data.Maybe
import GHC.IO.Handle.Types (Handle)
#if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
import Foreign.C
import GHC.IO.Handle.FD (fdToHandle)
#if !MIN_VERSION_process(1,4,2)
import System.Posix.Internals
import Foreign.Marshal.Array
import Foreign.C.Error
import Foreign.Storable
#endif
#else
import System.Posix as Posix
#endif
import System.Directory
import System.Process
import GHC.Conc (getNumProcessors, pseq, par)
{- Note [Remote GHCi]
When the flag -fexternal-interpreter is given to GHC, interpreted code
is run in a separate process called iserv, and we communicate with the
external process over a pipe using Binary-encoded messages.
Motivation
~~~~~~~~~~
When the interpreted code is running in a separate process, it can
use a different "way", e.g. profiled or dynamic. This means
- compiling Template Haskell code with -prof does not require
building the code without -prof first
- when GHC itself is profiled, it can interpret unprofiled code,
and the same applies to dynamic linking.
- An unprofiled GHCi can load and run profiled code, which means it
can use the stack-trace functionality provided by profiling without
taking the performance hit on the compiler that profiling would
entail.
For other reasons see RemoteGHCi on the wiki.
Implementation Overview
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The main pieces are:
- libraries/ghci, containing:
- types for talking about remote values (GHCi.RemoteTypes)
- the message protocol (GHCi.Message),
- implementation of the messages (GHCi.Run)
- implementation of Template Haskell (GHCi.TH)
- a few other things needed to run interpreted code
- top-level iserv directory, containing the codefor the external
server. This is a fairly simple wrapper, most of the functionality
is provided by modules in libraries/ghci.
- This module (GHCi) which provides the interface to the server used
by the rest of GHC.
GHC works with and without -fexternal-interpreter. With the flag, all
interpreted code is run by the iserv binary. Without the flag,
interpreted code is run in the same process as GHC.
Things that do not work with -fexternal-interpreter
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
dynCompileExpr cannot work, because we have no way to run code of an
unknown type in the remote process. This API fails with an error
message if it is used with -fexternal-interpreter.
Other Notes on Remote GHCi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* This wiki page has an implementation overview:
https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/ExternalInterpreter
* Note [External GHCi pointers] in compiler/ghci/GHCi.hs
* Note [Remote Template Haskell] in libraries/ghci/GHCi/TH.hs
-}
#if !defined(GHCI)
needExtInt :: IO a
needExtInt = throwIO
(InstallationError "this operation requires -fexternal-interpreter")
#endif
-- | Run a command in the interpreter's context. With
-- @-fexternal-interpreter@, the command is serialized and sent to an
-- external iserv process, and the response is deserialized (hence the
-- @Binary@ constraint). With @-fno-external-interpreter@ we execute
-- the command directly here.
iservCmd :: Binary a => HscEnv -> Message a -> IO a
iservCmd hsc_env@HscEnv{..} msg
| gopt Opt_ExternalInterpreter hsc_dflags =
withIServ hsc_env $ \iserv ->
uninterruptibleMask_ $ do -- Note [uninterruptibleMask_]
iservCall iserv msg
| otherwise = -- Just run it directly
#if defined(GHCI)
run msg
#else
needExtInt
#endif
-- Note [uninterruptibleMask_ and iservCmd]
--
-- If we receive an async exception, such as ^C, while communicating
-- with the iserv process then we will be out-of-sync and not be able
-- to recoever. Thus we use uninterruptibleMask_ during
-- communication. A ^C will be delivered to the iserv process (because
-- signals get sent to the whole process group) which will interrupt
-- the running computation and return an EvalException result.
-- | Grab a lock on the 'IServ' and do something with it.
-- Overloaded because this is used from TcM as well as IO.
withIServ
:: (MonadIO m, ExceptionMonad m)
=> HscEnv -> (IServ -> m a) -> m a
withIServ HscEnv{..} action =
gmask $ \restore -> do
m <- liftIO $ takeMVar hsc_iserv
-- start the iserv process if we haven't done so yet
iserv <- maybe (liftIO $ startIServ hsc_dflags) return m
`gonException` (liftIO $ putMVar hsc_iserv Nothing)
-- free any ForeignHValues that have been garbage collected.
let iserv' = iserv{ iservPendingFrees = [] }
a <- (do
liftIO $ when (not (null (iservPendingFrees iserv))) $
iservCall iserv (FreeHValueRefs (iservPendingFrees iserv))
-- run the inner action
restore $ action iserv)
`gonException` (liftIO $ putMVar hsc_iserv (Just iserv'))
liftIO $ putMVar hsc_iserv (Just iserv')
return a
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Wrappers around messages
-- | Execute an action of type @IO [a]@, returning 'ForeignHValue's for
-- each of the results.
evalStmt
:: HscEnv -> Bool -> EvalExpr ForeignHValue
-> IO (EvalStatus_ [ForeignHValue] [HValueRef])
evalStmt hsc_env step foreign_expr = do
let dflags = hsc_dflags hsc_env
status <- withExpr foreign_expr $ \expr ->
iservCmd hsc_env (EvalStmt (mkEvalOpts dflags step) expr)
handleEvalStatus hsc_env status
where
withExpr :: EvalExpr ForeignHValue -> (EvalExpr HValueRef -> IO a) -> IO a
withExpr (EvalThis fhv) cont =
withForeignRef fhv $ \hvref -> cont (EvalThis hvref)
withExpr (EvalApp fl fr) cont =
withExpr fl $ \fl' ->
withExpr fr $ \fr' ->
cont (EvalApp fl' fr')
resumeStmt
:: HscEnv -> Bool -> ForeignRef (ResumeContext [HValueRef])
-> IO (EvalStatus_ [ForeignHValue] [HValueRef])
resumeStmt hsc_env step resume_ctxt = do
let dflags = hsc_dflags hsc_env
status <- withForeignRef resume_ctxt $ \rhv ->
iservCmd hsc_env (ResumeStmt (mkEvalOpts dflags step) rhv)
handleEvalStatus hsc_env status
abandonStmt :: HscEnv -> ForeignRef (ResumeContext [HValueRef]) -> IO ()
abandonStmt hsc_env resume_ctxt = do
withForeignRef resume_ctxt $ \rhv ->
iservCmd hsc_env (AbandonStmt rhv)
handleEvalStatus
:: HscEnv -> EvalStatus [HValueRef]
-> IO (EvalStatus_ [ForeignHValue] [HValueRef])
handleEvalStatus hsc_env status =
case status of
EvalBreak a b c d e f -> return (EvalBreak a b c d e f)
EvalComplete alloc res ->
EvalComplete alloc <$> addFinalizer res
where
addFinalizer (EvalException e) = return (EvalException e)
addFinalizer (EvalSuccess rs) = do
EvalSuccess <$> mapM (mkFinalizedHValue hsc_env) rs
-- | Execute an action of type @IO ()@
evalIO :: HscEnv -> ForeignHValue -> IO ()
evalIO hsc_env fhv = do
liftIO $ withForeignRef fhv $ \fhv ->
iservCmd hsc_env (EvalIO fhv) >>= fromEvalResult
-- | Execute an action of type @IO String@
evalString :: HscEnv -> ForeignHValue -> IO String
evalString hsc_env fhv = do
liftIO $ withForeignRef fhv $ \fhv ->
iservCmd hsc_env (EvalString fhv) >>= fromEvalResult
-- | Execute an action of type @String -> IO String@
evalStringToIOString :: HscEnv -> ForeignHValue -> String -> IO String
evalStringToIOString hsc_env fhv str = do
liftIO $ withForeignRef fhv $ \fhv ->
iservCmd hsc_env (EvalStringToString fhv str) >>= fromEvalResult
-- | Allocate and store the given bytes in memory, returning a pointer
-- to the memory in the remote process.
mallocData :: HscEnv -> ByteString -> IO (RemotePtr ())
mallocData hsc_env bs = iservCmd hsc_env (MallocData bs)
mkCostCentres
:: HscEnv -> String -> [(String,String)] -> IO [RemotePtr CostCentre]
mkCostCentres hsc_env mod ccs =
iservCmd hsc_env (MkCostCentres mod ccs)
-- | Create a set of BCOs that may be mutually recursive.
createBCOs :: HscEnv -> [ResolvedBCO] -> IO [HValueRef]
createBCOs hsc_env rbcos = do
n_jobs <- case parMakeCount (hsc_dflags hsc_env) of
Nothing -> liftIO getNumProcessors
Just n -> return n
-- Serializing ResolvedBCO is expensive, so if we're in parallel mode
-- (-j<n>) parallelise the serialization.
if (n_jobs == 1)
then
iservCmd hsc_env (CreateBCOs [runPut (put rbcos)])
else do
old_caps <- getNumCapabilities
if old_caps == n_jobs
then void $ evaluate puts
else bracket_ (setNumCapabilities n_jobs)
(setNumCapabilities old_caps)
(void $ evaluate puts)
iservCmd hsc_env (CreateBCOs puts)
where
puts = parMap doChunk (chunkList 100 rbcos)
-- make sure we force the whole lazy ByteString
doChunk c = pseq (LB.length bs) bs
where bs = runPut (put c)
-- We don't have the parallel package, so roll our own simple parMap
parMap _ [] = []
parMap f (x:xs) = fx `par` (fxs `pseq` (fx : fxs))
where fx = f x; fxs = parMap f xs
addSptEntry :: HscEnv -> Fingerprint -> ForeignHValue -> IO ()
addSptEntry hsc_env fpr ref =
withForeignRef ref $ \val ->
iservCmd hsc_env (AddSptEntry fpr val)
costCentreStackInfo :: HscEnv -> RemotePtr CostCentreStack -> IO [String]
costCentreStackInfo hsc_env ccs =
iservCmd hsc_env (CostCentreStackInfo ccs)
newBreakArray :: HscEnv -> Int -> IO (ForeignRef BreakArray)
newBreakArray hsc_env size = do
breakArray <- iservCmd hsc_env (NewBreakArray size)
mkFinalizedHValue hsc_env breakArray
enableBreakpoint :: HscEnv -> ForeignRef BreakArray -> Int -> Bool -> IO ()
enableBreakpoint hsc_env ref ix b = do
withForeignRef ref $ \breakarray ->
iservCmd hsc_env (EnableBreakpoint breakarray ix b)
breakpointStatus :: HscEnv -> ForeignRef BreakArray -> Int -> IO Bool
breakpointStatus hsc_env ref ix = do
withForeignRef ref $ \breakarray ->
iservCmd hsc_env (BreakpointStatus breakarray ix)
getBreakpointVar :: HscEnv -> ForeignHValue -> Int -> IO (Maybe ForeignHValue)
getBreakpointVar hsc_env ref ix =
withForeignRef ref $ \apStack -> do
mb <- iservCmd hsc_env (GetBreakpointVar apStack ix)
mapM (mkFinalizedHValue hsc_env) mb
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Interface to the object-code linker
initObjLinker :: HscEnv -> IO ()
initObjLinker hsc_env = iservCmd hsc_env InitLinker
lookupSymbol :: HscEnv -> FastString -> IO (Maybe (Ptr ()))
lookupSymbol hsc_env@HscEnv{..} str
| gopt Opt_ExternalInterpreter hsc_dflags =
-- Profiling of GHCi showed a lot of time and allocation spent
-- making cross-process LookupSymbol calls, so I added a GHC-side
-- cache which sped things up quite a lot. We have to be careful
-- to purge this cache when unloading code though.
withIServ hsc_env $ \iserv@IServ{..} -> do
cache <- readIORef iservLookupSymbolCache
case lookupUFM cache str of
Just p -> return (Just p)
Nothing -> do
m <- uninterruptibleMask_ $
iservCall iserv (LookupSymbol (unpackFS str))
case m of
Nothing -> return Nothing
Just r -> do
let p = fromRemotePtr r
writeIORef iservLookupSymbolCache $! addToUFM cache str p
return (Just p)
| otherwise =
#if defined(GHCI)
fmap fromRemotePtr <$> run (LookupSymbol (unpackFS str))
#else
needExtInt
#endif
lookupClosure :: HscEnv -> String -> IO (Maybe HValueRef)
lookupClosure hsc_env str =
iservCmd hsc_env (LookupClosure str)
purgeLookupSymbolCache :: HscEnv -> IO ()
purgeLookupSymbolCache hsc_env@HscEnv{..} =
when (gopt Opt_ExternalInterpreter hsc_dflags) $
withIServ hsc_env $ \IServ{..} ->
writeIORef iservLookupSymbolCache emptyUFM
-- | loadDLL loads a dynamic library using the OS's native linker
-- (i.e. dlopen() on Unix, LoadLibrary() on Windows). It takes either
-- an absolute pathname to the file, or a relative filename
-- (e.g. "libfoo.so" or "foo.dll"). In the latter case, loadDLL
-- searches the standard locations for the appropriate library.
--
-- Returns:
--
-- Nothing => success
-- Just err_msg => failure
loadDLL :: HscEnv -> String -> IO (Maybe String)
loadDLL hsc_env str = iservCmd hsc_env (LoadDLL str)
loadArchive :: HscEnv -> String -> IO ()
loadArchive hsc_env path = do
path' <- canonicalizePath path -- Note [loadObj and relative paths]
iservCmd hsc_env (LoadArchive path')
loadObj :: HscEnv -> String -> IO ()
loadObj hsc_env path = do
path' <- canonicalizePath path -- Note [loadObj and relative paths]
iservCmd hsc_env (LoadObj path')
unloadObj :: HscEnv -> String -> IO ()
unloadObj hsc_env path = do
path' <- canonicalizePath path -- Note [loadObj and relative paths]
iservCmd hsc_env (UnloadObj path')
-- Note [loadObj and relative paths]
-- the iserv process might have a different current directory from the
-- GHC process, so we must make paths absolute before sending them
-- over.
addLibrarySearchPath :: HscEnv -> String -> IO (Ptr ())
addLibrarySearchPath hsc_env str =
fromRemotePtr <$> iservCmd hsc_env (AddLibrarySearchPath str)
removeLibrarySearchPath :: HscEnv -> Ptr () -> IO Bool
removeLibrarySearchPath hsc_env p =
iservCmd hsc_env (RemoveLibrarySearchPath (toRemotePtr p))
resolveObjs :: HscEnv -> IO SuccessFlag
resolveObjs hsc_env = successIf <$> iservCmd hsc_env ResolveObjs
findSystemLibrary :: HscEnv -> String -> IO (Maybe String)
findSystemLibrary hsc_env str = iservCmd hsc_env (FindSystemLibrary str)
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Raw calls and messages
-- | Send a 'Message' and receive the response from the iserv process
iservCall :: Binary a => IServ -> Message a -> IO a
iservCall iserv@IServ{..} msg =
remoteCall iservPipe msg
`catch` \(e :: SomeException) -> handleIServFailure iserv e
-- | Read a value from the iserv process
readIServ :: IServ -> Get a -> IO a
readIServ iserv@IServ{..} get =
readPipe iservPipe get
`catch` \(e :: SomeException) -> handleIServFailure iserv e
-- | Send a value to the iserv process
writeIServ :: IServ -> Put -> IO ()
writeIServ iserv@IServ{..} put =
writePipe iservPipe put
`catch` \(e :: SomeException) -> handleIServFailure iserv e
handleIServFailure :: IServ -> SomeException -> IO a
handleIServFailure IServ{..} e = do
ex <- getProcessExitCode iservProcess
case ex of
Just (ExitFailure n) ->
throw (InstallationError ("ghc-iserv terminated (" ++ show n ++ ")"))
_ -> do
terminateProcess iservProcess
_ <- waitForProcess iservProcess
throw e
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Starting and stopping the iserv process
startIServ :: DynFlags -> IO IServ
startIServ dflags = do
let flavour
| WayProf `elem` ways dflags = "-prof"
| WayDyn `elem` ways dflags = "-dyn"
| otherwise = ""
prog = pgm_i dflags ++ flavour
opts = getOpts dflags opt_i
debugTraceMsg dflags 3 $ text "Starting " <> text prog
let createProc = lookupHook createIservProcessHook
(\cp -> do { (_,_,_,ph) <- createProcess cp
; return ph })
dflags
(ph, rh, wh) <- runWithPipes createProc prog opts
lo_ref <- newIORef Nothing
cache_ref <- newIORef emptyUFM
return $ IServ
{ iservPipe = Pipe { pipeRead = rh
, pipeWrite = wh
, pipeLeftovers = lo_ref }
, iservProcess = ph
, iservLookupSymbolCache = cache_ref
, iservPendingFrees = []
}
stopIServ :: HscEnv -> IO ()
stopIServ HscEnv{..} =
gmask $ \_restore -> do
m <- takeMVar hsc_iserv
maybe (return ()) stop m
putMVar hsc_iserv Nothing
where
stop iserv = do
ex <- getProcessExitCode (iservProcess iserv)
if isJust ex
then return ()
else iservCall iserv Shutdown
runWithPipes :: (CreateProcess -> IO ProcessHandle)
-> FilePath -> [String] -> IO (ProcessHandle, Handle, Handle)
#if defined(mingw32_HOST_OS)
foreign import ccall "io.h _close"
c__close :: CInt -> IO CInt
foreign import ccall unsafe "io.h _get_osfhandle"
_get_osfhandle :: CInt -> IO CInt
runWithPipes createProc prog opts = do
(rfd1, wfd1) <- createPipeFd -- we read on rfd1
(rfd2, wfd2) <- createPipeFd -- we write on wfd2
wh_client <- _get_osfhandle wfd1
rh_client <- _get_osfhandle rfd2
let args = show wh_client : show rh_client : opts
ph <- createProc (proc prog args)
rh <- mkHandle rfd1
wh <- mkHandle wfd2
return (ph, rh, wh)
where mkHandle :: CInt -> IO Handle
mkHandle fd = (fdToHandle fd) `onException` (c__close fd)
#if !MIN_VERSION_process(1,4,2)
-- This #include and the _O_BINARY below are the only reason this is hsc,
-- so we can remove that once we can depend on process 1.4.2
#include <fcntl.h>
createPipeFd :: IO (FD, FD)
createPipeFd = do
allocaArray 2 $ \ pfds -> do
throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "_pipe" $ c__pipe pfds 2 (#const _O_BINARY)
readfd <- peek pfds
writefd <- peekElemOff pfds 1
return (readfd, writefd)
foreign import ccall "io.h _pipe" c__pipe ::
Ptr CInt -> CUInt -> CInt -> IO CInt
#endif
#else
runWithPipes createProc prog opts = do
(rfd1, wfd1) <- Posix.createPipe -- we read on rfd1
(rfd2, wfd2) <- Posix.createPipe -- we write on wfd2
setFdOption rfd1 CloseOnExec True
setFdOption wfd2 CloseOnExec True
let args = show wfd1 : show rfd2 : opts
ph <- createProc (proc prog args)
closeFd wfd1
closeFd rfd2
rh <- fdToHandle rfd1
wh <- fdToHandle wfd2
return (ph, rh, wh)
#endif
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
{- Note [External GHCi pointers]
We have the following ways to reference things in GHCi:
HValue
------
HValue is a direct reference to an value in the local heap. Obviously
we cannot use this to refer to things in the external process.
RemoteRef
---------
RemoteRef is a StablePtr to a heap-resident value. When
-fexternal-interpreter is used, this value resides in the external
process's heap. RemoteRefs are mostly used to send pointers in
messages between GHC and iserv.
A RemoteRef must be explicitly freed when no longer required, using
freeHValueRefs, or by attaching a finalizer with mkForeignHValue.
To get from a RemoteRef to an HValue you can use 'wormholeRef', which
fails with an error message if -fexternal-interpreter is in use.
ForeignRef
----------
A ForeignRef is a RemoteRef with a finalizer that will free the
'RemoteRef' when it is garbage collected. We mostly use ForeignHValue
on the GHC side.
The finalizer adds the RemoteRef to the iservPendingFrees list in the
IServ record. The next call to iservCmd will free any RemoteRefs in
the list. It was done this way rather than calling iservCmd directly,
because I didn't want to have arbitrary threads calling iservCmd. In
principle it would probably be ok, but it seems less hairy this way.
-}
-- | Creates a 'ForeignRef' that will automatically release the
-- 'RemoteRef' when it is no longer referenced.
mkFinalizedHValue :: HscEnv -> RemoteRef a -> IO (ForeignRef a)
mkFinalizedHValue HscEnv{..} rref = mkForeignRef rref free
where
!external = gopt Opt_ExternalInterpreter hsc_dflags
hvref = toHValueRef rref
free :: IO ()
free
| not external = freeRemoteRef hvref
| otherwise =
modifyMVar_ hsc_iserv $ \mb_iserv ->
case mb_iserv of
Nothing -> return Nothing -- already shut down
Just iserv@IServ{..} ->
return (Just iserv{iservPendingFrees = hvref : iservPendingFrees})
freeHValueRefs :: HscEnv -> [HValueRef] -> IO ()
freeHValueRefs _ [] = return ()
freeHValueRefs hsc_env refs = iservCmd hsc_env (FreeHValueRefs refs)
-- | Convert a 'ForeignRef' to the value it references directly. This
-- only works when the interpreter is running in the same process as
-- the compiler, so it fails when @-fexternal-interpreter@ is on.
wormhole :: DynFlags -> ForeignRef a -> IO a
wormhole dflags r = wormholeRef dflags (unsafeForeignRefToRemoteRef r)
-- | Convert an 'RemoteRef' to the value it references directly. This
-- only works when the interpreter is running in the same process as
-- the compiler, so it fails when @-fexternal-interpreter@ is on.
wormholeRef :: DynFlags -> RemoteRef a -> IO a
wormholeRef dflags _r
| gopt Opt_ExternalInterpreter dflags
= throwIO (InstallationError
"this operation requires -fno-external-interpreter")
#if defined(GHCI)
| otherwise
= localRef _r
#else
| otherwise
= throwIO (InstallationError
"can't wormhole a value in a stage1 compiler")
#endif
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Misc utils
mkEvalOpts :: DynFlags -> Bool -> EvalOpts
mkEvalOpts dflags step =
EvalOpts
{ useSandboxThread = gopt Opt_GhciSandbox dflags
, singleStep = step
, breakOnException = gopt Opt_BreakOnException dflags
, breakOnError = gopt Opt_BreakOnError dflags }
fromEvalResult :: EvalResult a -> IO a
fromEvalResult (EvalException e) = throwIO (fromSerializableException e)
fromEvalResult (EvalSuccess a) = return a
|