On 1/10/07, Isaac Jones &lt;<a href="mailto:ijones@syntaxpolice.org">ijones@syntaxpolice.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
...<br>Remember:
Cabal isn&#39;t only the build infrastructure, it&#39;s also the metadata
format that tools like Hackage use. If you decide to combine data and
code, you will no longer be able to manipulate the data with another
tool.<br></blockquote><br>I&#39;m worried and confused about this conclusion.  I want to address my confusion first, and maybe the worry will be handled.<br><br>By <span>"</span>data<span>"</span> vs <span>"</span>code<span>
"</span>,
I&#39;m guessing you mean simple first-order values, and mainly strings, vs
everything else (especially functions). But I wonder if instead you
mean any Haskell value (including functions) vs the content of a .hs
file?<br><br>Maybe I&#39;d have a firmer grasp of this issue if I could had
in mind an example of such a metadata-manipulating tool. Would someone
please suggest one?<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Regards, - Conal<br>