FFI

[Dylan Thurston]

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On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 01:24:54PM +1100, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> Mark Conway Wirt <mark@ArsConcero.org> wrote,
>=20
> > I'm looking for opinions as to the best way to do a C (or C++)
> > foreign interface to GHC haskell code.
> >=20
> > It looks like there are three options.
>=20
> I think, there are five options:
>=20
> * H/Direct (you mentioned that already)
> * GreenCard (ditto)
> * C->Haskell
>   http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/haskell/c2hs/
> * hsc2hs (comes with GHC)
> * Plain FFI

And what are the pros and cons of each?  Presumably you recommend
C->Haskell, since you wrote it; what makes it better?

(My situation: I want to interface to C code with several rather large
structures, so plain FFI is not very attractive.  I've started using
C->Haskell, but am curious about other people's experiences.)

--Dylan Thurston

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