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True, though it would be even better if the "usual" extensions were more widely supported, though I suppose identifying what's useful and therefore worth supporting is the point of the Haskell Prime process.
Exactly the reason for Haskell Prime.
As an aside I've often thought it would be better if the various components of Haskell compilers/tools would be separated out so that people could effectively build their own compiler tailored more specifically for their needs.
http://neilmitchell.blogspot.com/2006/12/bhc-basic-haskell-compiler.html I thought the same thing. Note that Yhc already has a lightweight API for manipulating Yhc.Core files and one for Yhc.Bytecode files. Things are moving in that direction slowly. There is also the GHC API approach. Thanks Neil