Please review #387: The Char kind, Shepherd: Alejandro

Dear Committee, this is your secretary speaking: The Char Kind has been proposed by Daniel Rogozin https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387 https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki... I’ll propose Alejandro as the shepherd. Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process Thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/

Dear Committee,
This proposal adds a kind-level ‘Char’ in a similar way as other built-in
types, and an API to work with them and with Symbols.
My recommendation is to accept the proposal: it fills a gap in our current
kind-level machinery in the most minimal way.
Regards,
Alejandro
On 7 Jan 2021 at 12:33:33, Joachim Breitner
Dear Committee,
this is your secretary speaking:
The Char Kind has been proposed by Daniel Rogozin https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387
https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki...
I’ll propose Alejandro as the shepherd.
Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
Thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
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I have no real opinion either way. The meat of the proposal is in the
choice of type families. Are they reasonable? Probably. So I'm probably in
favour, though I could easily be swayed either way.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 5:38 PM Alejandro Serrano Mena
Dear Committee, This proposal adds a kind-level ‘Char’ in a similar way as other built-in types, and an API to work with them and with Symbols. My recommendation is to accept the proposal: it fills a gap in our current kind-level machinery in the most minimal way.
Regards, Alejandro
On 7 Jan 2021 at 12:33:33, Joachim Breitner
wrote: Dear Committee,
this is your secretary speaking:
The Char Kind has been proposed by Daniel Rogozin https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387
https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki...
I’ll propose Alejandro as the shepherd.
Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
Thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
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I'm in favor of this proposal, for the reasons Alejandro gives: it fills a gap, and it's about as minimal as we can have. Thanks, Richard
On Jan 7, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Spiwack, Arnaud
wrote: I have no real opinion either way. The meat of the proposal is in the choice of type families. Are they reasonable? Probably. So I'm probably in favour, though I could easily be swayed either way.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 5:38 PM Alejandro Serrano Mena
mailto:trupill@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Committee, This proposal adds a kind-level ‘Char’ in a similar way as other built-in types, and an API to work with them and with Symbols. My recommendation is to accept the proposal: it fills a gap in our current kind-level machinery in the most minimal way. Regards, Alejandro
On 7 Jan 2021 at 12:33:33, Joachim Breitner
mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de> wrote: Dear Committee, this is your secretary speaking:
The Char Kind has been proposed by Daniel Rogozin https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387 https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387 https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki... https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki...
I’ll propose Alejandro as the shepherd.
Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
Thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/ http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
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There are no more concerns left in the GitHub thread, and nobody has raised
any concerns. I think this proposal is ready for merge.
Alejandro
El El jue, 7 ene 2021 a las 18:05, Richard Eisenberg
I'm in favor of this proposal, for the reasons Alejandro gives: it fills a gap, and it's about as minimal as we can have.
Thanks, Richard
On Jan 7, 2021, at 12:02 PM, Spiwack, Arnaud
wrote: I have no real opinion either way. The meat of the proposal is in the choice of type families. Are they reasonable? Probably. So I'm probably in favour, though I could easily be swayed either way.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 5:38 PM Alejandro Serrano Mena
wrote: Dear Committee, This proposal adds a kind-level ‘Char’ in a similar way as other built-in types, and an API to work with them and with Symbols. My recommendation is to accept the proposal: it fills a gap in our current kind-level machinery in the most minimal way.
Regards, Alejandro
On 7 Jan 2021 at 12:33:33, Joachim Breitner
wrote: Dear Committee,
this is your secretary speaking:
The Char Kind has been proposed by Daniel Rogozin https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/387
https://github.com/serokell/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0000-char-ki...
I’ll propose Alejandro as the shepherd.
Please guide us to a conclusion as outlined in https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
Thanks, Joachim -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
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Am Freitag, den 22.01.2021, 12:18 +0100 schrieb Alejandro Serrano Mena:
There are no more concerns left in the GitHub thread, and nobody has raised any concerns. I think this proposal is ready for merge.
Merged -- Joachim Breitner mail@joachim-breitner.de http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
participants (4)
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Alejandro Serrano Mena
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Joachim Breitner
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Richard Eisenberg
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Spiwack, Arnaud