#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 dfeuer): Replying to [comment:8 hvr]:
Replying to [comment:7 dfeuer]:
I've submitted Phab:D3723 to remove `bitSize`. My only question is whether we should add it back as a function
to be fair, bitSize was deprecated 3 years ago in GHC 7.8; and when GHC 8.4 is released that'll be 4 years. If the point of a deprecation is to eventually rid the API of the deprecated entity, 4 years (or a 4 rls window) is IMO more than enough time for everyone to adapt... ;-)
For sure. It's a bit sad, though, that we're discarding a perfectly good name simply because it was originally stuck in the wrong class. I guess that's life. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12970#comment:9 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler