Greg Weber wrote:> Are Records stalled out again? Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
Yes, they are stalled again... There was essentially no reaction. As it’s quite a lot of work to implement, and no one seemed to care very much, I put it back on the back burner. So that’s where it stands... What this needs is someone (not me) to lead the discussion and try to make sure it makes progress...
Simon, I think you have misinterpreted the lack of reaction. When I relayed your call for leadership on reddit, there was a huge response: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/nph9l/records_stalled_again_leaders... It is quite clear from this that many people, likely a solid majority of everyone active in the Haskell community, considers records to be among the top priorities of things that need to be improved in GHC. The lack of response, I believe, is just a lack of anyone who can cut through all the noise and come up with some practical way to move forward in one of the many possible directions. Thanks, Yitz