Static Flags and the GHC API

[Simon Marlow]

Judah Jacobson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've run across an issue in HEAD regarding the GHC API (trac #1181).
> Code that worked under ghc-6.6 (eg,
> http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library) currently panics with
> the message "a static opt was looked at too early!"  If you set the
> static flags manually (eg via StaticFlags.parseStaticFlags), the panic
> goes away.
> 
> What is the relationship between the API and static flags supposed to
> be?  Should the user be required to set the static flags, or should
> they have some default like in ghc-6.6?  If it's the former, then the
> docs should be changed; otherwise, the above trac entry is in fact a
> bug.  Either way, I'm willing to look into a fix.

You submitted this ticket, right?

   http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1181

It's probably my fault, but I haven't had time to look into it yet, since we're 
focussing most effort on 6.6.1.  For now I suggest you use the workaround.

Cheers,
	Simon