[project @ 2005-04-12 19:58:56 by wolfgang]

Dynamic Linking:
On non-Win32, we can store cross-dylib pointers in static data, so disable
a Win32-specific hack on the other platforms, to prevent code bloat.

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgCon.lhs b/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgCon.lhs
index 9a9f11aa4d..d94cbf03f6 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgCon.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/codeGen/CgCon.lhs
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ cgTopRhsCon :: Id		-- Name of thing bound to this RHS
 cgTopRhsCon id con args
   = do { 
 	; dflags <- getDynFlags
-	; ASSERT( not (isDllConApp dflags con args) ) return ()
+#if mingw32_TARGET_OS
+        -- Windows DLLs have a problem with static cross-DLL refs.
+        ; ASSERT( not (isDllConApp dflags con args) ) return ()
+#endif
 	; ASSERT( args `lengthIs` dataConRepArity con ) return ()
 
 	-- LAY IT OUT
diff --git a/ghc/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs b/ghc/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
index 24a6eb1c35..1951d8cb36 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/coreSyn/CoreUtils.lhs
@@ -1175,6 +1175,8 @@ rhsIsStatic :: DynFlags -> CoreExpr -> Bool
 -- BUT watch out for
 --  (i)	Any cross-DLL references kill static-ness completely
 --	because they must be 'executed' not statically allocated
+--      ("DLL" here really only refers to Windows DLLs, on other platforms,
+--      this is not necessary)
 --
 -- (ii) We treat partial applications as redexes, because in fact we 
 --	make a thunk for them that runs and builds a PAP
@@ -1244,7 +1246,9 @@ rhsIsStatic dflags rhs = is_static False rhs
   is_static in_arg other_expr = go other_expr 0
    where
     go (Var f) n_val_args
-	| not (isDllName dflags (idName f))
+#if mingw32_TARGET_OS
+        | not (isDllName dflags (idName f))
+#endif
 	=  saturated_data_con f n_val_args
 	|| (in_arg && n_val_args == 0)	
 		-- A naked un-applied variable is *not* deemed a static RHS