Adding the real platform mailing list this time. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote:
> johan.tibell: > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Don Stewart <d...@galois.com> wrote: > > > > The existing release timetable is here: > > > > http://trac.haskell.org/haskell-platform/wiki/ReleaseTimetable > > > > But GHC 6.12 is out, and the time has come to prepare for the next > > release. In fact, some distros have already moved to 6.12, and the > > usual issues with parsec/QuickCheck are still there. > > > > Let's make this release one to really clean up the QuickCheck and > parsec > > mess!! > > > > > > QuickCheck 2 has some really nice features, like automatic test case > shrinking. > > > > However, before QuickCheck 2 can get into the platform it needs better > > documentation. Several of the modules have nothing but type signatures in > the > > Haddock documentation and there's a severe lacks of examples. I was > trying to > > figure out how to test monadic code, using QuickCheck 2, earlier today > but > > after checking out the documentation and googling around some I decided I > was > > better off procrastinating instead. ;) > > What's the status of QuickCheck 1 documentation? > Well, there's a somewhat hard to find but good manual: http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~rjmh/QuickCheck/manual.html Lots of what's in there could be ported over to QC2. We need new documentation for the new features though. Cheers, Johan
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