Calling Haskell from C++ code

Question

I'm currently writing an app in C++ and found that some of its functionality would be better written in Haskell. I've seen instructions on calling Haskell from C code, but is it possible to do the same with C++?

EDIT: To clarify, what I'm looking for is a way to compile Haskell code into an external library that g++ can link with the object code from C++.

UPDATE: I've put up a working example below for anyone else interested (also so I won't forget).

Answer 1

To anyone interested, this is the test case that I've finally got working:

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M.hs

module Foo where

foreign export ccall foo :: Int -> Int

foo :: Int -> Int
foo = floor . sqrt . fromIntegral

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test.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include "M_stub.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    std::cout << "hello\n";
    hs_init(&argc, &argv);
    std::cout << foo(500) << "\n";
    hs_exit();
    return 0;
}

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I did the compiles & linking on my Windows machine. The commands to run (in this order) are:

>ghc -XForeignFunctionInterface -c M.hs
>g++ -c test.cpp -I"c:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\include"
>g++ -o test.exe -DDONT_WANT_WIN32_DLL_SUPPORT M.o M_stub.o test.o -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\haskell98-1.0.1.1" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\random-1.0.0.2" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\time-1.1.4" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\process-1.0.1.3" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\directory-1.0.1.1" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\old-time-1.0.0.5" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\old-locale-1.0.0.2" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\filepath-1.1.0.4" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\Win32-2.2.0.2" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\bytestring-0.9.1.7" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\array-0.3.0.1" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\base-4.2.0.2" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\integer-gmp-0.2.0.1" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib\ghc-prim-0.2.0.0" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib" -L"C:\Program Files\Haskell Platform\2010.2.0.0\lib/gcc-lib" -lHSrtsmain -lHShaskell98-1.0.1.1 -lHSrandom-1.0.0.2 -lHStime-1.1.4 -lHSprocess-1.0.1.3 -lHSdirectory-1.0.1.1 -lHSold-time-1.0.0.5 -lHSold-locale-1.0.0.2 -lHSfilepath-1.1.0.4 -lHSWin32-2.2.0.2 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinmm -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lshfolder -lHSbytestring-0.9.1.7 -lHSarray-0.3.0.1 -lHSbase-4.2.0.2 -lwsock32 -luser32 -lshell32 -lHSinteger-gmp-0.2.0.1 -lHSghc-prim-0.2.0.0 -lHSrts -lm -lwsock32 -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_static_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_Wzh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I8zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I16zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I32zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziInt_I64zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W8zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W16zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W32zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziWord_W64zh_static_info -u _base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_static_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Izh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Czh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Fzh_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_Dzh_con_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_Ptr_con_info -u _base_GHCziPtr_FunPtr_con_info -u _base_GHCziStable_StablePtr_con_info -u _ghczmprim_GHCziBool_False_closure -u _ghczmprim_GHCziBool_True_closure -u _base_GHCziPack_unpackCString_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_stackOverflow_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_heapOverflow_closure -u _base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nonTermination_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnMVar_closure -u _base_GHCziIOziException_blockedIndefinitelyOnSTM_closure -u _base_ControlziExceptionziBase_nestedAtomically_closure -u _base_GHCziWeak_runFinalizzerBatch_closure -u _base_GHCziTopHandler_runIO_closure -u _base_GHCziTopHandler_runNonIO_closure -u _base_GHCziConc_ensureIOManagerIsRunning_closure -u _base_GHCziConc_runSparks_closure -u _base_GHCziConc_runHandlers_closure -lHSffi

The long list of parameters for the last g++ command is from running

>ghc M.hs -v

and then copying the command where it says "***Linker:" (some of the first parameters need to be removed).

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The result:

>test
hello
22