I suspect this function is left there accidentally after FFI was
refactored.
These functions can mislead about how FFI works.
Note these functions are private (not exported) and not used. Idris
compiler could emit a warning about such functions.
Since `[a..b]` uses `takeUntil`/`takeBefore` indirectly those too had to
be changed to `public export` clashing with `Data.Stream` definitions.
A small readability refactor was made with the `compare` function from
`EqOrd`.
Pragma once is supported by all compilers for the last ten years.
Better use it instead of include guards (which use different styles
in different files).
Support for simple signal handling was added in
a0a417240e. This commit also adds the
`_simple_handler` function. It seems to me that this function is
intended as a helper function which should only be visible in
`idris_signal.c`, it is not used outside this file. For this purpose it
is probably also marked as inline. However, the inline keyword does not
require the compiler to actually inline the function. As such, the
`_simple_handler` symbol may still be exported if the compiler doesn't
inline the function.
On my system this seems to be the case and causes the following error
during compilation of idris2:
Exception: (while loading libidris2_support.so) Error relocating Idris2-0.4.0/build/exec/idris2_app/libidris2_support.so: _simple_handler: symbol not found
By marking the `_simple_handler` function as `static inline` it is
ensured that the symbol is not exported, thereby preventing the
relocation error.
To be able to eventually refactor/extend `system` function: to be
able to specify a directory, environment variables, specify arguments
as array etc. Ideally it should be something like Rust
[`std::process::Command`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/struct.Command.html).
This adds a new flag '--inc <backend>' which, if set, compiles all
modules incrementally, and for executables, links the incrementally
compiled modules rather than building the whole program.
Also, adds an environment variable IDRIS2_INC_CGS for providing a comma
separated list of backends to use for incremental builds.
Also, adds '--whole-program', which overrides incremental builds for an
executable.
Incremental builds are much faster if there's nothing to recompile, but
for the Chez backend, generate code which runs at about half the speed.
Currently only works for Chez - other backends ignore the flag.
Also, incremental building of an executable will only work if *all*
required modules have been built incrementally for the backend in use.