On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Daniel Trstenjak <daniel.trsten...@gmail.com > wrote:
> > 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? GitHub is the right place.
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