Re[2]: [Haskell-cafe] Re: [Haskell] Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-10-03 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello John, (i'm moving thread to the ghc-users where this discussion continues in ghc-related aspects) Thursday, September 28, 2006, 3:30:09 AM, you wrote: So, just to confirm in my mind what you are proposing: Compiler/Version specific Core: Yhc.Core, Hugs.Core, GHC.Core With a

Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: [Haskell] Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-10-03 Thread Ross Paterson
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:06:02PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: (i'm moving thread to the ghc-users where this discussion continues in ghc-related aspects) I don't see how compiler-independence is a GHC-specific topic. ___ Glasgow-haskell-users

Re[2]: [Haskell-cafe] Re: [Haskell] Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-10-03 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Ross, Tuesday, October 3, 2006, 10:33:46 PM, you wrote: On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 06:06:02PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: (i'm moving thread to the ghc-users where this discussion continues in ghc-related aspects) I don't see how compiler-independence is a GHC-specific topic. i mean

Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-27 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 05:20:36PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: As it happens I was working on getting GHC to use cabal to build base et al on the plane the other day, and I had a brief look at this. See my comment in http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/710 for the results of my longer

Re[2]: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-15 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Neil, Thursday, September 14, 2006, 6:14:30 PM, you wrote: then, a base library may be written against virtual Haskell compiler, which provides uniform set of low-level features while 'base' decorates these features with user-friendly interfaces Nice idea. There are a few practical

Re[2]: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-15 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Ian, Friday, September 15, 2006, 8:20:36 PM, you wrote: what is a 'base' library now? it is the library that implements common set of operations for latest versions of ghc, hugs and nhc. it contains low-level implementation for ghc, but relies on separate hugsbase package for hugs (the

Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-15 Thread Ian Lynagh
Hi Bulat, Just a partial answer for now: On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 12:29:58PM +0400, Bulat Ziganshin wrote: Friday, September 8, 2006, 5:52:57 AM, you wrote: what is a 'base' library now? it is the library that implements common set of operations for latest versions of ghc, hugs and nhc.

compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-13 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
(i crosspost my letter into main haskell list because i hope that proposed solution is of great interest for (discussion with) many developers) Hello Ian, Friday, September 8, 2006, 5:52:57 AM, you wrote: and last question - i don't like inclusion of unix and win32 in a list of core libs.