RE: haddock-0.7 interface file format

On 23 June 2005 13:47, Christian Maeder wrote:

> I've tried to use a haddock interface files like:
>=20
> ghc-6.4/share/ghc-6.4/html/libraries/base/base.haddock
>=20
> from the offical linux distribution under solaris.
>=20
> (Building the documentation under solaris did not work)
>=20
> Is the binary format of these files portable?
>=20
> If it's not portable it should not be located under "share"!

Actually it should be portable, at least between 32-bit machines (endian
should make no difference).  I haven't really tested it, though.  It
wouldn't take much effort to make it completely portable.

Cheers,
	Simon