Please do endanger the code base! GHC needs people willing to have a go. * We try to review offered patches promptly (yell if this does not happen) * Worth discussing the general approach before investing a lot of time; the more substantial the change/fix the more discussion! Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: Andrew Adams-Moran [mailto:morabbin@gmail.com] | Sent: 27 January 2013 00:19 | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | Subject: Re: [GHC] #1614: Type checker does not use functional dependency to | avoid ambiguity | | | Hi all! | | Thanks Simon; I figured this was good way for me to learn the conventions of the | team without endangering the code base. | | Thanks for the feedback, and consider it taken on board. | | Cheers, | | Andy | | On Jan 26, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> | wrote: | | > Ah, so the mysterious and highly-active morabbin is none other than our old | friend and drinking companion Andy Adams-Moran! Welcome Andy! Thanks for | looking through these old tickets. | > | > | "Bump" is a cutesy internet name for this kind of bubbling something up to | the | > | top of the dev list. Please have another look at this ticket; here's what | > | I see (or not), maybe we can get rid of it." | > | > The trouble is that there aren't enough of these GHC devs to deal with the | hundreds of open tickets, bumped or not. When adding to a long-existing ticket, | there are really three modes of operation | > | > * This ticket is mission-critical to me; here's why; please please help. | > | > * Here is some new information. Eg. I tripped over this myself; here is the repro | case; or I think I may have an idea what's going on. | > | > * I'm going to have ago at fixing this. Here's how I propose to do it. Please yell | if I'm going awry here. | > | > But your "bump" seems to mean "I've looked at this and it still seems to be | open", and I don't know what to do about that. I'd love to have them *all* | attended to, but we need a lot more people to help if we are to achieve that. | > | > To simply indicate interest, the protocol is to add yourself to the cc list. Long cc | lists get more attention. Well some more attention! | http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/WorkingConventions/BugTracker | > | > Simon | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: Andrew Adams-Moran [mailto:morabbin@gmail.com] | > | Sent: 26 January 2013 23:42 | > | To: Simon Peyton-Jones | > | Cc: ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | Subject: Re: [GHC] #1614: Type checker does not use functional dependency | to | > | avoid ambiguity | > | | > | | > | Hi Simon; | > | | > | "Bump" is a cutesy internet name for this kind of bubbling something up to | the | > | top of the dev list. | > | | > | "Please have another look at this ticket; here's what I see (or not), maybe | we | > | can get rid of it." | > | | > | In this case, it's also means that the commit is result of my ongoing attempt | to | > | revivify the bug sweep. So folks should feel free to ignore. | > | | > | (Also, do let me know if this is counter to GHC conventions, and I'll adapt | > | accordingly.) | > | | > | Cheers, | > | | > | Andy | > | | > | On Jan 26, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones <simonpj@microsoft.com> | > | wrote: | > | | > | > Morabbin, what's the semantics of "bump"? I don't know what you intend | by | > | it! | > | > | > | > Simon | > | > | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | > | From: ghc-tickets-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:ghc-tickets- | > | bounces@haskell.org] | > | > | On Behalf Of GHC | > | > | Sent: 26 January 2013 22:12 | > | > | Cc: ghc-tickets@haskell.org | > | > | Subject: Re: [GHC] #1614: Type checker does not use functional | dependency | > | to | > | > | avoid ambiguity | > | > | | > | > | #1614: Type checker does not use functional dependency to avoid | ambiguity | > | > | --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- | > | > | Reporter: guest | Owner: | > | > | Type: bug | Status: new | > | > | Priority: normal | Milestone: _|_ | > | > | Component: Compiler (Type checker) | Version: 6.7 | > | > | Resolution: | Keywords: | > | > | Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | > | > | Failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown | > | > | Testcase: | Blockedby: | > | > | Blocking: | Related: | > | > | --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- | > | > | Changes (by morabbin): | > | > | | > | > | * failure: => None/Unknown | > | > | | > | > | | > | > | Comment: | > | > | | > | > | Bump; chak saya this was fixed in HEAD, and then SPJ closes as | wontfix? | > | > | Was the fix backed out? | > | > | | > | > | -- | > | > | Ticket URL: | <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1614#comment:11> | > | > | GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> | > | > | The Glasgow Haskell Compiler | > | > | | > | > | _______________________________________________ | > | > | ghc-tickets mailing list | > | > | ghc-tickets@haskell.org | > | > | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-tickets | > | > | > | > _______________________________________________ | > | > ghc-devs mailing list | > | > ghc-devs@haskell.org | > | > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs | >