Add __attribute__((constructor))-equivalent pragma
It would be nice to let one's library perform initialization tasks at load time. Then the integer-gmp allocation functions could be changed from within haskell and various other FFI libraries would be easier to bind to. As for syntax, maybe something like the following would work?
{-# CONSTRUCTOR f #-} f :: IO () f = ...
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Version | 6.11 |
Type | FeatureRequest |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
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