Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Ticket #1129

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  • Ticket #1129

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  • Ticket #1129 – description

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    33The existing [http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/X11/ X11 package] has several serious issues: 
    4  * It uses the Haskell Int type when interfacing with C code.  This means the library is broken on platforms where Int and CInt are different sizes (GHC on AMD64 is such a platform) 
    54 * The binding is quite incomplete. 
    65 * Some parts of the library retain a C feel to them.  Consider the casting/struct peeking style of the [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/X11/Graphics-X11-Xlib- Event.html Event] system, where an algebraic data type of events is more appropriate. 
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    109 * XCB has an asynchronous model that may fit very well with Haskell's laziness. 
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     11This project was attempted last year, and given the improvements in the X11 library since then, furthering the XHB bindings is a low priority. 
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     13If you're interested in this project, please contact Don (mentor, below), to discuss the current situation. 
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    1215== Interested Mentors == 
     16 * Don Stewart 
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    1518== Interested Students == 
    1619 * Spencer Janssen (sjanssen) <[mailto:sjanssen@cse.unl.edu]>