-{-# OPTIONS -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-implicit-prelude #-}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : Data.Dynamic
-- * Applying functions of dynamic type
dynApply,
- dynApp
+ dynApp,
+ dynTypeRep
) where
showString ">>"
#ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
-type Obj = forall a . a
- -- Dummy type to hold the dynamically typed value.
+type Obj = Any
+ -- Use GHC's primitive 'Any' type to hold the dynamically typed value.
--
- -- In GHC's new eval/apply execution model this type must
- -- be polymorphic. It can't be a constructor, because then
- -- GHC will use the constructor convention when evaluating it,
- -- and this will go wrong if the object is really a function. On
- -- the other hand, if we use a polymorphic type, GHC will use
+ -- In GHC's new eval/apply execution model this type must not look
+ -- like a data type. If it did, GHC would use the constructor convention
+ -- when evaluating it, and this will go wrong if the object is really a
+ -- function. Using Any forces GHC to use
-- a fallback convention for evaluating it that works for all types.
- -- (using a function type here would also work).
#elif !defined(__HUGS__)
data Obj = Obj
#endif
fromDynamic
:: Typeable a
=> Dynamic -- ^ the dynamically-typed object
- -> Maybe a -- ^ returns: @'Just' a@, if the dyanmically-typed
+ -> Maybe a -- ^ returns: @'Just' a@, if the dynamically-typed
-- object has the correct type (and @a@ is its value),
-- or 'Nothing' otherwise.
fromDynamic (Dynamic t v) =
Nothing -> error ("Type error in dynamic application.\n" ++
"Can't apply function " ++ show f ++
" to argument " ++ show x)
+
+dynTypeRep :: Dynamic -> TypeRep
+dynTypeRep (Dynamic tr _) = tr