waldmann:
3. Opposed to any additions to the base library: - Bulat Ziganshin
Add me to this list.
"base" is not a convenience library, it should contain fundamentally important stuff.
I think the Prelude is our equivalent here. base itself is fundamental stuff, plus what we use a lot.
Cf. java.lang, which "Provides classes that are fundamental to the design of the Java programming language" http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/package-summary.html
The emphasis (I think) is on *design* of the *language*.
If the proposal is that nothing new be added to base, that needs to be done separately. And a case made for why what we have at the moment is fundamental, excluding all else. Remember, this is not a discussion about whether things are to be added to base -- we did that a year ago, and the library process is the result. -- Don