Am Montag, 15. März 2004 12:56 schrieb Simon Marlow:

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Is it for sure that Data.Set and Data.FiniteMap will be replaced by the DData stuff? Will the DData modules get the Data prefix when they are included in the hierarchical libraries?

I would like to see that happen, but I'd like to see more people comment on the design (and performance) of the DData libraries first.

I'm really not a DData expert but it's seems to me that Daan has invested a lot in good design and efficiency. So I would like to see the DData modules as the standard modules under Data, too.

The breakage to code will be fairly minimal: Data.FiniteMap can be left in place but deprecated, many of the operations from Data.Set can also be provided by the new Data.Set (but deprecated, of course). The other modules don't conflict.

By the way, is there already a mechanism for marking deprecated code? Will deprecated code be removed some time or will it pollute the libraries until the end of time?

Cheers, Simon

Wolfgang