+\subsection{Linkable stuff}
+%* *
+%************************************************************************
+
+This stuff is in here, rather than (say) in Linker.lhs, because the Linker.lhs
+stuff is the *dynamic* linker, and isn't present in a stage-1 compiler
+
+\begin{code}
+data Linkable = LM {
+ linkableTime :: ClockTime, -- Time at which this linkable was built
+ -- (i.e. when the bytecodes were produced,
+ -- or the mod date on the files)
+ linkableModName :: ModuleName, -- Should be Module, but see below
+ linkableUnlinked :: [Unlinked]
+ }
+
+isObjectLinkable :: Linkable -> Bool
+isObjectLinkable l = all isObject (linkableUnlinked l)
+
+instance Outputable Linkable where
+ ppr (LM when_made mod unlinkeds)
+ = (text "LinkableM" <+> parens (text (show when_made)) <+> ppr mod)
+ $$ nest 3 (ppr unlinkeds)
+
+-------------------------------------------
+data Unlinked
+ = DotO FilePath
+ | DotA FilePath
+ | DotDLL FilePath
+ | BCOs CompiledByteCode
+
+#ifndef GHCI
+data CompiledByteCode = NoByteCode
+#endif
+
+instance Outputable Unlinked where
+ ppr (DotO path) = text "DotO" <+> text path
+ ppr (DotA path) = text "DotA" <+> text path
+ ppr (DotDLL path) = text "DotDLL" <+> text path
+#ifdef GHCI
+ ppr (BCOs bcos) = text "BCOs" <+> ppr bcos
+#else
+ ppr (BCOs bcos) = text "No byte code"
+#endif
+
+isObject (DotO _) = True
+isObject (DotA _) = True
+isObject (DotDLL _) = True
+isObject _ = False
+
+isInterpretable = not . isObject
+
+nameOfObject (DotO fn) = fn
+nameOfObject (DotA fn) = fn
+nameOfObject (DotDLL fn) = fn
+
+byteCodeOfObject (BCOs bc) = bc
+\end{code}
+
+
+%************************************************************************
+%* *