By that argument we'd never remove anything, as the same situation would just re-present itself during GHC 8.5; if maintainers have been ignoring
#12970: Add default implementation for Bits.bitSize -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: txnull | Owner: dfeuer Type: feature request | Status: patch Priority: high | Milestone: 8.4.1 Component: libraries/base | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D3723 Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by bgamari): the warnings introduced in GHC 7.8, they'll likely ignore them forever... life's too short... ;-) Fair enough. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12970#comment:13 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler