Doug I think that would be incredibly helpful, thank you! Not meddling; rather contributing.
Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Doug McIlroy [mailto:d...@cs.dartmouth.edu] | Sent: 06 December 2012 17:05 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: d...@stowe.cs.dartmouth.edu | Subject: Re: end of an era | | This may not be exactly in the main line of GHC business, but it's a job | that I've been thinking about volunteering for: | improving the documentation of the base library. What I see as | difficult about this is that much comes from Haddock, and that means | tinkering with the library source, which is somnewhat risky even though | supposedly no code is touched. | | It also means that when stuff is unduly complicated to explain, or | simply the result of accident (like the order in which a set is | presented), I see the job as entailing advocacy for possible changes in | specification. | | For an example of the kinds of improvements I have in mind, see my | recent haskell-prime post (which alas evoked no response): | http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-prime/2012-December/003767.html | | Would my jumping in here be useful? Would meddling per the previous | paragraph be welcome? | | Doug McIlroy _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list Cvs-ghc@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
