+legalFEArgTyCon tc
+ | getUnique tc `elem` [ foreignObjTyConKey, foreignPtrTyConKey,
+ byteArrayTyConKey, mutableByteArrayTyConKey ]
+ = False
+ -- It's also illegal to make foreign exports that take unboxed
+ -- arguments. The RTS API currently can't invoke such things. --SDM 7/2000
+ | otherwise
+ = boxedMarshalableTyCon tc
+
+legalFIResultTyCon :: DynFlags -> TyCon -> Bool
+legalFIResultTyCon dflags tc
+ | getUnique tc `elem`
+ [ foreignObjTyConKey, foreignPtrTyConKey,
+ byteArrayTyConKey, mutableByteArrayTyConKey ] = False
+ | tc == unitTyCon = True
+ | otherwise = marshalableTyCon dflags tc
+
+legalFEResultTyCon :: TyCon -> Bool
+legalFEResultTyCon tc
+ | getUnique tc `elem`
+ [ foreignObjTyConKey, foreignPtrTyConKey,
+ byteArrayTyConKey, mutableByteArrayTyConKey ] = False
+ | tc == unitTyCon = True
+ | otherwise = boxedMarshalableTyCon tc
+
+legalOutgoingTyCon :: DynFlags -> Safety -> TyCon -> Bool
+-- Checks validity of types going from Haskell -> external world
+legalOutgoingTyCon dflags safety tc
+ | playSafe safety && getUnique tc `elem` [byteArrayTyConKey, mutableByteArrayTyConKey]
+ = False
+ | otherwise
+ = marshalableTyCon dflags tc
+
+marshalableTyCon dflags tc
+ = (dopt Opt_GlasgowExts dflags && isUnLiftedTyCon tc)
+ || boxedMarshalableTyCon tc
+
+boxedMarshalableTyCon tc
+ = getUnique tc `elem` [ intTyConKey, int8TyConKey, int16TyConKey
+ , int32TyConKey, int64TyConKey
+ , wordTyConKey, word8TyConKey, word16TyConKey
+ , word32TyConKey, word64TyConKey
+ , floatTyConKey, doubleTyConKey
+ , addrTyConKey, ptrTyConKey, funPtrTyConKey
+ , charTyConKey, foreignObjTyConKey
+ , foreignPtrTyConKey
+ , stablePtrTyConKey
+ , byteArrayTyConKey, mutableByteArrayTyConKey
+ , boolTyConKey
+ ]