Bulat Ziganshin:
Hello Chris,
Sunday, March 12, 2006, 2:05:09 PM, you wrote:
CK> Is GHC.PArr documented?
it's perfectly documented in module sources itself :) you can also look at the ndpFlatten directory in ghc compiler's sources. i've successfully used them in my program, of course this makes program faster but only-GHC compatible. so i plan to document it on http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Arrays and incorporate it in Data.Array.* infrastructure so that strict arrays will be emulated under Hugs.
CK> The -fparr option is not in the 6.4.1 User's Guide.
they just forgot to do this :) btw, strict arrays will be a good candidate for Haskell-prime library standard
No, it's not an oversight. The implementation is not complete. Just last week, we have started a second go at a complete implementation of fast arrays. Don't hold your breath though, it's a lot of work. The interface of GHC.PArr will not change very much, but it'll use type classes and associated types in a very essential way. Underneath, a lot of GHC specific will be used to optimise code, such as rewrite rules. So, I don't think this is suitable for Haskell'. Manuel