Hi,
In discussion with Gwern I've raised a bug in HLint to make using
Haskell 98 modules a warning. It's not the same as a formal
deprecation of those modules, but it's a step in that direction. I
think deprecating haskell98 modules is a reasonable step to do at some
point in the future, but I don't think that point has arrived yet (we
should at least publish Haskell 2010 first).
Thanks, Neil
2010/3/8 wren ng thornton
Gwern Branwen wrote:
wren ng thornton wrote:
I'm all for the warnings. And regarding guest's comments, doesn't the Haskell 2010 standard[1] count as an "actual language standard"? If not, then what is it and why isn't it one?
[1] http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell/2009-November/021750.html
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought 'HierarchicalModules' was an extension which codifies the 'Foo.Bar' import syntax (as opposed to 'import FooBar'), and didn't address allocation of functions to modules or naming issues like 'Char' vs 'Data.Char' or splitting 'Foreign' up or whatever.
AFAIK, yes, the HierarchicalModules approval is just allowing dots in module names, rather than discussing what goes where. I was bringing haskell2010 up more to point out that the haskell98 standard is, officially, not up to date.
Perhaps we should poke the haskell-prime committee to move the official location of standard functions for the haskell2011 standard?
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