11 Apr
2014
11 Apr
'14
4:47 a.m.
On 2014-04-11 at 10:38:00 +0200, Simon Marlow wrote: [...]
We could add a __GLASGOW_HASKELL_PATCHLEVEL__ macro, but I'd like to understand more about why people need this, and whether we should be more careful about what we do in patchlevel releases.
What about the use-case when you want to workaround a compiler bug that existed for GHC==7.6.1 but which was fixed for GHC>=7.6.2 (and thus doesn't need the workaround anymore)?