[Haskell] 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 long

[Haskell] 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 nh

[Haskell] Re: compiler-independent core libraries infrastructure

2006-09-15 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
(more details about problem i try to solve and plan to do it) during development of Haskell compilers, it was discovered that their libraries has so much in common. as a result, common library for Haskell compilers was born that hides differences between them and provides common API. unfortunately