register error

2002-04-11 Thread Andre W B Furtado
While trying to install GHC-5.02.3 (win32 release) in my computer (Windows 98), I got the following error message: Error 1406: Could not write value _MainFeature to key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Feat ures\8C655693FA0801D4E87FA1CA60C4AAE1 Verify that

ANNOUNCE: GHC 5.03.20020410 snapshot released

2002-04-11 Thread Simon Marlow
Another snapshot along the 5.03 line, we expect this to be the last snapshot before 5.04. As before, there are NO GUARANTEES as to the stability of this release, but it has passed our three-stage bootstrap and all but one(!) of the 754 regressions tests passed. Documentation is also still lagging

Re: ANNOUNCE: GHC 5.03.20020410 snapshot released

2002-04-11 Thread Ralf Hinze
Another snapshot along the 5.03 line, we expect this to be the last snapshot before 5.04. As before, there are NO GUARANTEES as to the stability of this release, but it has passed our three-stage bootstrap and all but one(!) of the 754 regressions tests passed. Documentation is also still

RE: ANNOUNCE: GHC 5.03.20020410 snapshot released

2002-04-11 Thread Simon Marlow
Another snapshot along the 5.03 line, we expect this to be the last snapshot before 5.04. As before, there are NO GUARANTEES as to the stability of this release, but it has passed our three-stage bootstrap and all but one(!) of the 754 regressions tests passed. Documentation is

Re: An answer and a question to GHC implementors [was Re: How to make Claessen's Refs Ord-able?]

2002-04-11 Thread John Meacham
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 11:06:14AM +0100, Simon Marlow wrote: this usage of unsafePerformIO is such a staple of real-world Haskell programming, it seems there should be some language (or experemental compiler *wink wink ghc nudge*) support for it. I am not sure what form it would take