#3709: Data.Either.partitionEithers is not lazy enough
This is a behavioural change, e.g.: Main> case partitionEithers1 [Left 'a', error "Not me"] of (x : _, _) -> x Program error: Not me Main> case partitionEithers2 [Left 'a', error "Not me"] of (x : _, _) -> x 'a'
Yes, and isn't that the point of the bugfix? No non-bottoming program has changed, but fewer programs fail now. I find it hard to imagine that anyone could have been relying on getting a crash here.
Shouldn't it be discussed on the libraries list first?
Possibly, although I believe we have never treated a change towards being more lazy as an API change before. Making something more strict usually provokes discussion, because it causes more programs to crash, but making things lazier is usually considered a bugfix. Copying to libraries@, to see if there are any objections. If there are, feel free to back out the patch. -> See http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/3709 Regards, Malcolm