[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
-------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
  Reporter:  carter            |          Owner:                  
      Type:  feature request   |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:                  
 Component:  Compiler          |        Version:  7.7             
Resolution:  wontfix           |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:  #7904           
-------------------------------+--------------------------------------------
Changes (by igloo):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 I'm a little confused by some of the details in the history of this
 ticket, but I suspect that if the same compiler is used to compile to asm
 and then to object code then it will succeed (assuming that that compiler
 can compile the C at all). Even if there is some compiler, with certain
 flags, for which that isn't true, I'm confident that there is a set of
 pgmP, pgmc and pgma that will work.

 I don't think that the benefits of making this change would outweigh the
 disadvantages, so I'm closing the ticket.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7922#comment:22>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler