#14558: Unable to parse integer-gmp's Cabal file -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: taylorfausak | Owner: hvr Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Core Libraries | Version: 8.2.2 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 svenpanne): Replying to [comment:26 Phyx-]:
[...] Using `^>=` has a clear benefit, and maintainers are free to use any features that's in the cabal file. [...]
What is that "clear benefit"? It surely can't be saving roughly ten keystrokes. As I understand it, it is just (IMHO superfluous) syntactic sugar. If it's not, there should be a big announcement with some clarifications and the underlying rationale somewhere on the Haskell mailing lists. The cabal file syntax is at the core of the Haskell ecosystem, so everybody involved should have a clear understanding of its semantics. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/14558#comment:27 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler