On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 01:16:56PM +0100, Herbert Valerio Riedel wrote:
On 2018-10-30 at 08:04:59 -0400, Andrew Martin wrote:
We could move Text.Printf out of base and into its own library.
The effect I'd expect if we do this is that `Text.Printf` will be reached for less (which some might argue to be a desirable effect -- but you're effectively pushing this API to a path of slow legacy death due to reduced discoverability, IMO)
I wonder whether you would support moving this into base if it weren't there already. I don't think the death argument scales. We can't put all modules that someone doesn't want to die into base, or it will become huge. If printf doesn't survive in a level playing field, as a separate library with all the other non-base libraries, then it probably deserves to die. My opinion is that base should be made as small as possible, to make it (and its internal dependencies) easier to understand and maintain, and faster to build. Thanks Ian