Hello Simon, Thursday, October 13, 2005, 1:42:24 PM, you wrote:
(I'm specifically interested in seeing SPJ's records proposal included, and a new module system).
SM> Highly unlikely, IMHO. A new revision of the Haskell standard is not SM> the place for testing new research, rather it's a clear specification of SM> existing well-understood language features. +1 :) but we may add them to standard definition as "Possible extensions" appendix. moreover, if some already implemented language extensions (f.e., Template Haskell) are not good enough to be included in standard itself, it may be also included here - just to have one place where many language extensions are described. and also a source for new features which MAY be included in Haskell2 -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz@HotPOP.com