GHCi/StaticPtrTable.hs

    {-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
    {-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}

    module GHCi.StaticPtrTable ( sptAddEntry ) where

    import Data.Word
    import Foreign
    import GHC.Fingerprint
    import GHCi.RemoteTypes

    -- | Used by GHCi to add an SPT entry for a set of interactive bindings.
    sptAddEntry :: Fingerprint -> HValue -> IO ()
    sptAddEntry (Fingerprint a b) (HValue x) = do
        -- We own the memory holding the key (fingerprint) which gets inserted into
        -- the static pointer table and can't free it until the SPT entry is removed
        -- (which is currently never).
        fpr_ptr <- newArray [a,b]
        sptr <- newStablePtr x
        ent_ptr <- malloc
        poke ent_ptr (castStablePtrToPtr sptr)
        spt_insert_stableptr fpr_ptr ent_ptr

    foreign import ccall "hs_spt_insert_stableptr"
        spt_insert_stableptr :: Ptr Word64 -> Ptr (Ptr ()) -> IO ()