*Bump* Especially as there is now a version of the Haskell Platform based around GHC-7.4.1, I would appreciate it if this behaviour could be clarified.
On 20 April 2012 15:25, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <[email protected]> wrote: > Has there been a change in the behaviour/requirement of > TypeSynonymInstances as of GHC-7.4.1? (Not sure if this behaviour > occurs with 7.2.1 as I don't have it installed) > > I had an instance for String for a class which ghc accepted whilst > using FlexibleInstances; however, when trying to load it in 7.0.* it > stated that TypeSynonymInstances was needed (which I forgot to add > since it didn't seem to need it). > > All I could find in the release notes was that as of 7.2.1, both > extensions were needed, not that one implied the other: > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.4.1/html/users_guide/release-7-2-1.html#id3003826 > > Is this behaviour deliberate, or a bug? > > -- > Ivan Lazar Miljenovic > [email protected] > http://IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com -- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic [email protected] http://IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
