On Sat, Mar 01, 2014 at 01:58:14PM +0100, Daniel Trstenjak wrote: > is there a reason why the function 'fieldGet' of 'FieldDescr' in > 'Distribution.ParseUtils' formats only the contents of the field > and not also the field name? > > Having the field 'build-type: Simple', then 'fieldGet' only formats > the part 'Simple' and the 'build-type: ' part is formated in > 'Distribution.PackageDescription.PrettyPrint'. > > This makes it harder to give certain fields a nesting without special > casing in 'Distribution.PackageDescription.PrettyPrint'. > > If the complete field would be formated by 'fieldGet', then nesting > could be nicely integrated into the 'listField' and 'commaListField' > functions of 'Distribution.ParseUtils'.
I have now created a pull request for this change on github. Is github the right place for doing this for cabal? Greetings, Daniel _______________________________________________ cabal-devel mailing list cabal-devel@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel
