indeed! Thanks erik! On the paralllel list, edkso shares with us a single commit that adds all the requested features as a user land lib
https://github.com/haskell-distributed/distributed-static/commit/d2bd2ebca5a96ea5df621770e98bfb7a3b745bc7 @tweag folks, please do not write personal attacks on the issue tracker, if you find yourself frustrated, I probably am too! please keep a positive constructive tone in all future communications. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle...@mega-nerd.com>wrote: > Mathieu Boespflug wrote: > > > [Sorry for the multiple reposts - couldn't quite figure out which > > email address doesn't get refused by the list..] > > > > > > Hi Carter, > > > > thank you for the good points you raise. I'll try and address each of > > them as best I can below. > > > > > 0) I think you could actually implement this proposal as a userland > library, > > > at least as you've described it. Have you tried doing so? > > > > Indeed, this could be done without touching the compiler at all. > > We had this response really early on in this discussion. > > Quite honestly I think that should have been the end of the discussion. > > The existing GHC release already have a huge workload getting releases > out the door and adding to that workload without adding manpower and > resources would be a bad idea. > > You really should try doing this as a library outside of GHC and if GHC > needs a few small additional features, they can be added. > > > The `static e` form could as well be a piece of Template Haskell, but > > making it a proper extension means that the compiler can enforce more > > invariants and be a bit more helpful to the user. > > Once it works outside GHC and has proven useful, then it might be > worthwhile > add small specific, easily testable/maintainable features to GHC to support > what goes on on your library. > > Erik > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Erik de Castro Lopo > http://www.mega-nerd.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >
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