Builds out of the box on Mac. I can simplify my install instructions :) Do you have a roadmap for jhc? Self-hosting, jhc-pkg, all that good stuff? mark On 20/08/2009, at 9:10 PM, John Meacham wrote:

I am pleased to announce jhc 0.7.0, the main changes being speed, libraries, and using a persistent cache to avoid redoing work (even between projects)

I am not announcing this on the main haskell lists, I am hoping people here on the jhc list will be able to test it some, then if any issues come up I will do a 0.7.1 and publicly announce that.

tarballs and rpms are available as always. For information on installing jhc, see the following page: http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/building.shtml

And the (expanded and corrected!) manual is available here: http://repetae.net/computer/jhc/manual.html

There have been a lot of changes since 0.6.1, most internal, a lot of bugs fixed, but a few of the user visible ones in no particular order are

* fixes for mac OSX * many changes to library support, redo libraries such that only names from explicitly imported libraries are visible to the program being compiled. * documentation updates * Support for writing dynamic C libraries in haskell, more complete FFI support. * System.Mem now in base * library reorganization, all jhc specific stuff has been moved to the 'jhc' library. * The ho cache is working and enabled by default * add '-E' option to run a file through the preprocessor (m4 or cpp) * signifigant speed/space impromevements in front end * use smart progress meters for showing compiler status * various bug fixes * ability for libraries to re-export modules from other libraries to make versioning easier. * performs all typechecking before starting any compilation for a better user experience

Enjoy!

John

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