[project @ 2003-05-29 17:37:17 by malcolm]

[ghc-base.git] / Foreign / Marshal / Alloc.hs

diff --git a/Foreign/Marshal/Alloc.hs b/Foreign/Marshal/Alloc.hs
index 1687c82..3cf7174 100644 (file)
--- a/Foreign/Marshal/Alloc.hs
+++ b/Foreign/Marshal/Alloc.hs
@@ -24,21 +24,31 @@ module Foreign.Marshal.Alloc (
   realloc,      -- :: Storable b => Ptr a        -> IO (Ptr b)
   reallocBytes, -- ::              Ptr a -> Int -> IO (Ptr a)
 
-  free          -- :: Ptr a -> IO ()
+  free,         -- :: Ptr a -> IO ()
+  finalizerFree -- :: FinalizerPtr a
 ) where
 
 import Data.Maybe
-import Foreign.Ptr             ( Ptr, nullPtr )
-import Foreign.C.TypesISO      ( CSize )
+import Foreign.Ptr             ( Ptr, nullPtr, FunPtr )
+import Foreign.C.Types         ( CSize )
 import Foreign.Storable        ( Storable(sizeOf) )
 
 #ifdef __GLASGOW_HASKELL__
-import GHC.Exception           ( bracket )
+import Foreign.ForeignPtr      ( FinalizerPtr )
 import GHC.IOBase
 import GHC.Real
 import GHC.Ptr
 import GHC.Err
 import GHC.Base
+#elif defined(__NHC__)
+import NHC.FFI                 ( FinalizerPtr, CInt(..) )
+import IO                      ( bracket )
+#else
+import Control.Exception       ( bracket )
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __HUGS__
+import Hugs.ForeignPtr         ( FinalizerPtr )
 #endif
 
 
@@ -140,6 +150,10 @@ failWhenNULL name f = do
 
 -- basic C routines needed for memory allocation
 --
-foreign import ccall unsafe "malloc"  _malloc  ::          CSize -> IO (Ptr a)
-foreign import ccall unsafe "realloc" _realloc :: Ptr a -> CSize -> IO (Ptr b)
-foreign import ccall unsafe "free"    _free    :: Ptr a -> IO ()
+foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h malloc"  _malloc  ::          CSize -> IO (Ptr a)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h realloc" _realloc :: Ptr a -> CSize -> IO (Ptr b)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h free"    _free    :: Ptr a -> IO ()
+
+-- | A pointer to a foreign function equivalent to 'free', which may be used
+-- as a finalizer for storage allocated with 'malloc' or 'mallocBytes'.
+foreign import ccall unsafe "stdlib.h &free" finalizerFree :: FinalizerPtr a