On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Bayley, Alistair wrote:
From: libraries-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Coutts
What are the code standards for the HP libs? I was under the impression that it was best to maintain H98 compatibility where possible, especially so for libraries in the old standard libs distribution. I did a quick search for platform standards but didn't find anything relevant.
It's yet to be discussed on this list. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to start that discussion. Do you want to draft a reasonable starting position?
In the HTTP-4000 library there are uses of TypeSynonymInstances which are not necessary. They can be avoided by known idioms: http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/List_instance