11 Feb
2009
11 Feb
'09
4:06 a.m.
Is there still a need for CPP now that Template Haskell exists?
2009/2/11 Simon Peyton-Jones
| Perhaps CPP shouldn't be a pragma, just a command-line flag? It seems | to be the only one that affects/involves preprocessor(s). AFAICT, the | others all affect the haskell compiler stage.
Yes, it does seem anomalous. I suppose the motivation is that some modules might need CPP and some not, and it's convenient for the module itself to announce that fact.
Simon
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