#1629: Upgrade regex-base,compat,posix with GHC 6.8
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Reporter: Chris Kuklewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Owner:
Type: proposal | Status:
new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
6.8
Component: libraries (other) | Version:
6.6.1
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Difficulty: Unknown | Os:
Multiple
Testcase: | Architecture:
Multiple
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Since GHC is upgrading to 6.8 immanently I wanted to request updating the
regex-* packages that it comes with. I hope this is a good location for
such a request.
There benefits of the new regex-base:
* The RegexMaker class has additional monadic versions which use fail to
report errors. This is a vast improvement on having to go to a much lower
level to handle errors.
* Some RegexContext instances have been altered to use newtypes. This
removes the potential overlaps and allows Hugs to compile the same code as
GHC (which only detects overlaps lazily).
* The latest regex-* packages (such as regex-pcre) expect the new regex-
base and will be easier for users to install.
The new versions are under http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/regex-
unstable/ and are currently:
regex-base: 0.91
regex-compat: 0.90
regex-posix: 0.92
I have not been personally following the ghc development branch, but I
think they should either already compile or be easy to adapt to the new
version.
Is there anything I should do to help support this upgrade?
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1629>
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