17 May
2012
17 May
'12
10:05 a.m.
I have been playing around with the latest cabal-install (0.14.0) and it is working really nicely. Having unpacked a cabal bundle you can now type 'cabal install' inside the root and it will work everything out as if you had asked to install directly from the repo -- very nice. I have also noticed that GHC is suggesting alternatives when it encounters missing identifiers. This gives a strong sense of helpfulness that I think accurately reflects the long and sustained (decades-long) effort that has gone into making the GHC diagnostics as useful as possible. The tools are so good because the developers have been paying attention to the gripes. But we should sometimes say thank you too... it is much appreciated. Chris