On 10 November 2013 22:40, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner@gmail.com> wrote:
> Including aeson, which I think we'd all very much like to do, requires
> dlist-0.5.
> Now, dlist has been around for a very long time, and is very stable.
> I do not believe that dlist's API is exposed indirectly via aeson at all.
>
> I hereby propose that it be added to the platform.
> At the very least, it could be like primitive - in the platform, but not
> "part" of it.
>
> Thoughts?

Considering the somewhat fundamental nature of dlist, I think it would be appropriate to have in the platform.

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Bas van Dijk <v.dijk.bas@gmail.com> wrote:

However, note that I don't mind dropping the dlist dependency from
aeson. I use it in a very limited internal place:

https://github.com/bos/aeson/blob/master/Data/Aeson/Types/Generic.hs#L213

Don, If we do decide to include dlist in the HP it would be great if
the following instances can be added to it:

Assuming Don is willing and others agree, I don't mind taking over maintenance of dlist. I just imported it into GitHub: https://github.com/spl/dlist

Bas: please submit a pull request with the suggested changes. They all look good.

Regards,

Sean