Jean-Philippe Bernardy wrote:
I've set up the new collections package, and it compiles under ghc and hugs. I don't know about nhc, because I've been unable to compile nhc. (I've got a x86_64 system; I've tryied to compile under a chroot does not work, and configure program baffles me.) The non-ghc version is portable though, so it _should_ work under nhc alright.
So, you can try to make "collections" a default package, so I can start moving stuff out of "base" into it.
Ok, I misunderstood what you were doing here. I thought you were simply packaging AVL trees, but you're actually including the generic collections framework. I'm not completely comfortable with shipping this framework with GHC at the moment, given the small amount of discussion it has received, and the volume of competition in this space. This isn't a criticism of the design at all (indeed, I haven't looked at it in detail). I'd much prefer to see this provided as a separate package for now. Of course if a concensus emerges that this collections framework is the right way to go, then we'll certainly include it - a collections framework is pretty basic functionality. Cheers, Simon