Call Hooks

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## 2.6. Call Hooks

> `{#call [pure] [unsafe] cid [as (hsid | ^)]#}`

A call hook rewrites to a call to the C function cid and also ensures that the appropriate foreign import declaration is generated. The tags `pure` and `unsafe` specify that the external function is purely functional and cannot re-enter the Haskell runtime, respectively. If hsid is present, it is used as the identifier for the foreign declaration, which otherwise defaults to the cid. When instead of hsid, the symbol `` is given, the cid after conversion from C's underscore notation to a capitalised identifier is used.

As an example, consider

> `

>     sin :: Float -> Float
>     sin  = {#call pure sin as "_sin"#}

> `

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