ahey:
Hello Folks,
As some of you will be aware, I have been working on various Map implementations that currently live here..
http://code.haskell.org/collections/collections-ghc6.8
The libs in question being Data.Tree.AVL, Data.Trie.General and a few other bits like Data.COrdering and the AVL based Data.Map/Set clones.
Well, I have decided to stop work on these. So they need a new owner if they're going to go anywhere. If anyone is interested in the job then I suggest they contact myself or Jean-Philippe Bernardy.
Of course I will be happy to provide any help or advise anyone who takes over these libs may feel they need from me. I might even contribute a few patches from time to time myself :-)
Thanks
How about we propose this work be done for Summer of Code. I've created a ticket here: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/ticket/1549 Add comments, or if you can mentor, add that information too! Let's get a new faster Data.Map and other containers ready to go by the end of the northern summer? -- Don