FFI imports packaging utility

Abstract

The Haskell Cabal [1] is a framework which defines a common interface for authors to more easily build their applications in a portable way. The Haskell Foreign Functions Import Generator (hsffig) [3] is a tool to convert a C header file (.h) into Haskell code containing FFI [2] import statements for all entities whose declarations are found in the header file. The FFI Packaging Utility (ffipkg) is a tool that integrates the functionality of hsffig with the Cabal framework allowing for building and installation of packages entirely consisting of foreign functions imports.

References

[1] The Haskell Cabal The Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries

[2] Foreign Function Interface

[3] The HSFFIG Tutorial

[4] HSFFIG Linkage Optimization

[5] Berkeley DB

[6] X Window System Protocol X Consortium Standard X Version 11, Release 6.7 DRAFT