Re: [Haskell-cafe] Taking over `data-default-*`

On May 10, 2018, at 12:56 PM, Adam Bergmark 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:V... -- Viktor.