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

On May 8, 2018 9:02:17 AM UTC, Christopher Allen wrote:

Is this something folks still think is a good idea? I purge Data.Default from projects I work on.

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:58 AM, Marco Zocca wrote:

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Dear all,

I've been increasingly relying on data-default-class, but sadly it doesn't look like it's currently maintained; there are some tickets on the github issue tracker that would need some attention.

I have tried contacting the authro/current maintainer Lukas Mai (CC'd) by email but have not received an answer so far (I hope he's doing well, btw).

This is my first public request for taking over the `data-default` family of packages:

data-default-class data-default-instances-base data-default-instances-containers data-default-instances-dlist data-default-instances-old-locale data-default

Kind regards, Marco Zocca (http://hackage.haskell.org/user/ocramz) _______________________________________________ Libraries mailing list Libraries@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/libraries

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It is sometimes useful for things like configuration, where a proper Monoid instance would be tricky and unnecessary. Other than this, I don't know of any legitimate uses.