Simon Marlow wrote: > On 15/07/2009 15:47, Sittampalam, Ganesh wrote: > >>> But there's a solution: we could remove the "standard" modules from >>> base, and have them only provided by haskell-std (since base will >>> just be a re-exporting layer on top of base-internals, this will be >>> easy to do). Most packages will then have dependencies that look >>> like >> >> But this precludes the kind of changes to those modules that Ian >> described as having happened in the last few years. > > I don't follow. If we have versioned haskell-std packages, surely > they can export different APIs?
I guess if all such changes were treated as candidates for the next version of the library standard, then that would work. Cheers, Ganesh =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html =============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
