+100! On 11 February 2013 13:01, Ian Lynagh wrote:

Hi all,

There are a couple of hundred ifdefs for __NHC__ in the core libraries, but as far as I know nhc/yhc never switched over to the git repositories for these libraries, and in any case I believe they are now considered unmaintained projects.

Even if someone decides to resurrect them, it looks like most of the ifdefs represent bugs that ought to be fixed (for example, Word being a type synonym, [] needing to be im/exported, and an instance export bug).

Meanwhile, they make life harder for people working on the libraries: When making a change, one feels that one ought to also update the NHC alternative where appropriate, even though it has probably bitrotted already, and despite not being able to test it.

So I propose that we remove all the __NHC__ ifdefs (and also base/NHC/) in the core libraries. What do you think?

Thanks Ian

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Hi all,

-----Original message----- From: Ian Lynagh Sent: 11 Feb 2013, 21:01

Hi all,

There are a couple of hundred ifdefs for __NHC__ in the core libraries, but as far as I know nhc/yhc never switched over to the git repositories for these libraries, and in any case I believe they are now considered unmaintained projects.

Even if someone decides to resurrect them, it looks like most of the ifdefs represent bugs that ought to be fixed (for example, Word being a type synonym, [] needing to be im/exported, and an instance export bug).

Meanwhile, they make life harder for people working on the libraries: When making a change, one feels that one ought to also update the NHC alternative where appropriate, even though it has probably bitrotted already, and despite not being able to test it.

So I propose that we remove all the __NHC__ ifdefs (and also base/NHC/) in the core libraries. What do you think?

+1. I never really touch any __NHC__ (or __HUGS__) as I cannot test is. Moreover, we have all the fancy versioning systems -- if the need ever arises, we can still find the content of the deleted ifdefs... Cheers, Milan