#16240: Core visible conditional compilation/static definition/code selection based upon static key values -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: (none) Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by carter): after speaking with alanz on IRC a smidge, he's meaning "CPP as a support tool for portable code across platforms/configurations ghc versions", vs #define'd names/procedures as a poor mans macrosystem that lighter weight than TH and simpler to use/write this ticket is about the former, though its definitely true we would benefit from thinking about a decent macro systemy thing for syntactic abstraction -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/16240#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler