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The lack of extra_command_line_opts is not important, but I wonder, why make things worse? [..] I thought the idea of -package was to collect in one place all the project-specific settings. For example, for my project docon, I need doconOpts = -fglasgow-exts -fallow-this-and-this ...

Simon Marlow writes

I'm in two minds about this. At the moment, using a -package option does two well defined things:

- it brings a set of modules into scope - it links in the object code for those modules

According to the Principle of Least Astonishment, we should force the user to add any extra options himself, because if '-package wibble' automatically adds a number of language-feature options then it's just too magical and non-obvious.

On the other hand, I presume you *need* these options in order to be able to use Docon, so adding them automatically would seem reasonable.

Opinions, anyone?

To add or not to add automatically the language-feature options, or many other options, this is up to the designer of the package. The designer is always free to set [] in the package. And you were going to desable this choice (concerning package). ----------------- Serge Mechveliani mechvel@botik.ru