ghc-7.8.2: The GHC API

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Language | Haskell98

DebuggerUtils

Synopsis

- dataConInfoPtrToName :: Ptr () -> TcM (Either String Name)

# Documentation

dataConInfoPtrToName :: Ptr () -> TcM (Either String Name)

Given a data constructor in the heap, find its Name. The info tables for data constructors have a field which records the source name of the constructor as a Ptr Word8 (UTF-8 encoded string). The format is:

    Package:Module.Name

We use this string to lookup the interpreter's internal representation of the name using the lookupOrig.