Re: Proposal: Remove Control.Concurrent{QSem, QSemN, , SampleVar, mergeIO, nmergeIO} from base

On 09/06/2012 09:38, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:

Henning Thielemann writes:

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Is it possible to import a module from a user package that has the same name as a 'base' module?

iirc, this would require the PackageImports GHC language extension[1]:

[1]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/syntax-extns.html#pa...

OK, so that's a strike against the deprecation cycle, because people would need to use this extension in the transition period, or go for conditional compilation anyway. I withdraw my objection to immediate removal. Cheers, Ganesh