notcpp: Avoiding the C preprocessor via cunning use of Template Haskell
notcpp is a library that attempts to provide an alternative to using CPP as a mechanism for conditional compilation. It provides facilities for determining if specific names or class instances exist and responding accordingly.
When a value or class instance appears between minor releases of a third-party package, a common way of dealing with the problem is to use CPP to conditionally use one block of code or another. The trouble with CPP is it's hard to statically analyse: tools based on haskell-src-exts will outright refuse to parse it, for example. It turns out Template Haskell will do the same job in some cases.
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Versions [RSS] | 0.0.1, 0.1, 0.1.0.1, 0.2, 0.2.0.1, 0.2.0.2, 0.2.0.3 |
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Dependencies | base (<5), template-haskell (>=2.7 && <2.8) [details] |
Tested with | ghc ==7.4.1 |
License | BSD-3-Clause |
Copyright | 2012 Ben Millwood |
Author | Ben Millwood <haskell@benmachine.co.uk> |
Maintainer | Ben Millwood <haskell@benmachine.co.uk> |
Category | Template Haskell |
Bug tracker | https://github.com/benmachine/notcpp/issues |
Source repo | head: git clone git://github.com/benmachine/notcpp |
Uploaded | by BenMillwood at 2012-04-13T20:28:26Z |
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Reverse Dependencies | 2 direct, 0 indirect [details] |
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