Ross Paterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 03:39:43PM +0000, Malcolm Wallace wrote:
> > I recently noticed something strange about the base and haskell98
> > library packages. The modules "Prelude" and "Numeric" seem to be
> > in the base package, whereas I would have expected to see them in
> > the haskell98 package. Is there a good reason why they are in the
> > "wrong" place? And if so, should this be documented somewhere?
>
> Prelude has to be in base; otherwise the haskell98 package wouldn't
> be optional.
Ok, I see. nhc98 took the opposite design decision: the Haskell'98
libraries are always present, but the base package is more-or-less
optional.
> Perhaps Numeric could move if the names it exports were
> split between Test.Show, Text.Read and Data.Ratio. I think that Foreign
> doesn't belong in base either, but people find it so convenient.
It's no big deal for me. They can stay where they are if that is
most convenient.
Regards,
Malcolm
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