2024/11/01

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2024-11-01 15:32:13 +0100 <merijn> I'd prefer ccall where possible, but capi is a huge win. I think capi also lets you reference Ptr to variables directly (as opposed to only functions)
2024-11-01 15:32:11 +0100 <mauke> I thought capi was what you were talking about when you mentioned CPP macros and checking against headers
2024-11-01 15:31:20 +0100Square2(~Square4@user/square) (Ping timeout: 255 seconds)
2024-11-01 15:31:19 +0100k_hachig_(~k_hachig@2607:fea8:351d:ef0:901a:fefb:e87f:78b3) (Ping timeout: 260 seconds)
2024-11-01 15:31:16 +0100 <merijn> mauke: capi is nice for some things, though. Since it lets you foreign import CPP macros as values: https://github.com/merijn/Belewitte/blob/ed95965077ee0a55c9a206b75445ddf93723916b/benchmark-analys…
2024-11-01 15:30:54 +0100 <merijn> capi is very different, since it generates stubs instead of calling directly from Haskell
2024-11-01 15:30:37 +0100 <merijn> I thought it did
2024-11-01 15:30:05 +0100 <mauke> I know capi does weird things
2024-11-01 15:29:50 +0100 <mauke> for ccall? are you sure?
2024-11-01 15:29:33 +0100 <merijn> (modulo marshalling as defined in the FFI part of the standard)
2024-11-01 15:29:22 +0100Sgeo(~Sgeo@user/sgeo) Sgeo
2024-11-01 15:29:10 +0100 <merijn> mauke: https://github.com/merijn/Belewitte/blob/ed95965077ee0a55c9a206b75445ddf93723916b/benchmark-analys…
2024-11-01 15:29:07 +0100 <merijn> mauke: It's been awhile, but iirc if you mention the header file on the foreign import it will check that the Haskell type you declare for it corresponds to the C type
2024-11-01 15:28:11 +0100vgtw(~vgtw@user/vgtw) vgtw
2024-11-01 15:28:10 +0100 <mauke> er, yes
2024-11-01 15:27:48 +0100 <merijn> mauke: "can" for the type checking, you mean?
2024-11-01 15:27:29 +0100 <mauke> tomsmeding: the cp $(cabal list-bin yourexename) wherever method gives me a non-stripped executable
2024-11-01 15:26:44 +0100k_hachig_(~k_hachig@2607:fea8:351d:ef0:901a:fefb:e87f:78b3) k_hachig
2024-11-01 15:25:55 +0100 <mauke> define "can"
2024-11-01 15:25:03 +0100 <merijn> Not to mention GHC being able to use CPP macros as values
2024-11-01 15:24:45 +0100 <merijn> Which can be helpful for your sanity
2024-11-01 15:24:36 +0100 <merijn> mauke: GHC can automatically check whether your declared types match the headers
2024-11-01 15:24:06 +0100 <merijn> \o/
2024-11-01 15:23:23 +0100 <mauke> oh hello, executable stripping works if I turn it on in ~/.cabal/config
2024-11-01 15:22:46 +0100 <mauke> technically I could probably just delete the header files because I'm pretty sure ghc doesn't care anyway
2024-11-01 15:22:44 +0100tired(~tired@user/tired) tired
2024-11-01 15:21:46 +0100 <mauke> I don't have generated files, so for me it's all "sdist" in a sense
2024-11-01 15:20:00 +0100L29Ah(~L29Ah@wikipedia/L29Ah) L29Ah
2024-11-01 15:19:45 +0100 <merijn> runtime" to be one of the things preserving my sanity
2024-11-01 15:19:39 +0100 <merijn> Docker makes sense when you remember that lots of ecosystems (looking at you npm, typescript, python, etc.) don't have a sane boundary to distinguish "necessary at build/packaging" from "necessary at runtime". And while I share your annoyance of "I need to set 4 fields in .cabal to packabe my headers" is annoying. I find the clear distinction between "what is sdist, what is build time, and what is
2024-11-01 15:19:29 +0100vgtw(~vgtw@user/vgtw) (Ping timeout: 248 seconds)
2024-11-01 15:17:12 +0100 <merijn> Using docker the "right" way is for people who don't know how to build/package their own stuff :p
2024-11-01 15:16:32 +0100 <mauke> which I then copy out to the host system
2024-11-01 15:16:23 +0100 <mauke> right now I'm using docker "backwards" in that I have a custom build container just for creating CentOS 7 binaries
2024-11-01 15:15:40 +0100 <mauke> "running on stupid machines" is very valid
2024-11-01 15:15:17 +0100 <merijn> You can ignore that part on sane machine ;)
2024-11-01 15:14:55 +0100 <merijn> basically
2024-11-01 15:14:54 +0100 <mauke> I see
2024-11-01 15:14:50 +0100 <mauke> ah, it's just a realpath reimplementation
2024-11-01 15:14:44 +0100 <merijn> mauke: It's mostly "I was running on some stupidly broken machines" engineered
2024-11-01 15:13:51 +0100 <mauke> wow, that scriptpath thing looks ... overengineered
2024-11-01 15:13:10 +0100 <merijn> I dunno if adding library-stripping also work?
2024-11-01 15:12:54 +0100 <mauke> cabal install with split sections and explicit executable-stripping: 11M
2024-11-01 15:12:42 +0100 <mauke> cabal install with split sections: 18M
2024-11-01 15:12:31 +0100 <mauke> cabal install with 'executable-stripping: True' in project file: 16M
2024-11-01 15:12:20 +0100 <merijn> mauke: I also have this neat lazy people trick for testing "in-development" executables https://github.com/NLeSC-AAA2/etherpacket/blob/master/EtherPacket
2024-11-01 15:12:04 +0100 <mauke> cabal install with default options: 25M
2024-11-01 15:11:49 +0100 <mauke> final tally:
2024-11-01 15:09:24 +0100 <mauke> given that it works fine as long as you don't sdist, which I have no intention of ever doing
2024-11-01 15:08:50 +0100 <mauke> "broken" is debatable