[GHC] #7922: adding direct *.c -> object code (*.o/so/dylib) support to compilation driver

[GHC]

#7922: adding direct *.c -> object code (*.o/so/dylib) support to compilation
driver
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    Reporter:  carter            |       Owner:                  
        Type:  feature request   |      Status:  infoneeded      
    Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:                  
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  7.7             
    Keywords:                    |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown    
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                  
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                  
     Related:  #7904             |  
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Changes (by nathanhowell):

 * cc: nathanhowell@… (added)


Comment:

 Two ways I can think of: adding AVX instrinsics/primops or using LLVM's
 autovectorizer.

 I think the LLVM backend should skip the assembler step when it can emit
 object files directly (llc -filetype=obj with LLVM 3.0+?) and no asm
 munging is required. Likewise for C or C++ files.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7922#comment:5>
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