> On May 10, 2018, at 12:56 PM, Adam Bergmark <adam@bergmark.nl> wrote:
>
> I agree that you should avoid Data.Default, but there is still value in keeping the package up to date since it is well-used. I would appreciate it being actively maintained.
>
> I would however find it in bad taste to do a take over that immediately marks the package as deprecated...

I use Hasql, and Hasql makes extensive use of Default to implement default
encoders for various data types and tuples thereof.  Is there a better design
that the author of Hasql should be using instead?

   https://hackage.haskell.org/package/hasql-1.1.1/docs/Hasql-Encoders.html#t:Value

--
        Viktor.

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