On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 06:43-0700, mantkiew wrote:
Well, there are the *compat packages:
Base-compat Transformers-compat Mtl-compat
Etc. They do centralize the ifdefs and give you compatibility with GHC 7.*. I recently adopted the last two ones and they work like a charm. I am yet to adopt base-compat, so I don't know what the experience is with it.
Hang on a moment, are you saying that all the people writing to argue that these changes would require them to write dozens more #ifdef's actually don't have to write any at all? I never knew what the *-compat packages were all about. If that's what they're designed to do, I have a feeling they have not gotten *nearly* enough exposure. [Apologies for possible cross-posting; this thread jumped into my inbox from I-know-not-where and already has half a dozen CCs attached.]