Move the throwErrnoPath* functions from unix:System.Posix.Error to base:Foreign.C.Error
Currently, unix:System.Posix.Error has a number of throwErrnoPath* functions which are entirely portable, but they are not available on Windows due to being in the unix package.
In the thread beginning http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2007-July/007793.html Simon Marlow writes:
When I needed to add some error-related functionality for the POSIX
library, I didn't want to add extra stuff to Foreign.C.Error beyond what
was specified in the FFI spec, so I added System.Posix.Error instead.
This was just conservative; we could probably add throwErrnoPath and
friends to Foreign.C.Error (with the usual proposal process).I propose that these functions are moved to base:Foreign.C.Error. They would still be re-exported by unix:System.Posix.Error to minimise breakage.
Suggested deadline: Sun 12 August 2007.
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| Version | 6.6.1 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | libraries/base |
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