I have copied the body of this github issue get feedback on this
suggestion:
https://github.com/yesodweb/yesod/issues/1298
The ToWidget typeclass could be more helpful than it currently
is. Notably, there are sensible instances for Text, lazy Text, and text
Builder that are not provided. I think that one objection to introducing
such classes is that there is a piece of syntax in the shakespeare
quasiquoter ^{..} that calls ToWidget on its argument. Adding more
instances would allow the end user to feed text into this construct,
which might be undesirable.
I don't use the quasiquoter for templating, so the downside of it
doesn't bother me. The reason I would like these instances is because
there are a number of situations where I have to call `toWidget . toHtml`
in my code that could be abbreviated to toWidget if these instances were
provided. If this change is at odds with the goals of the TH templating,
then I wouldn't want to mess that up for people, but if not, I would
find these instances useful.
I would appreciate any feedback, even if it's just in the form of a +1
or -1 response without any further explanation.
-Andrew Martin
Hey all,
I've just published a blog post describing an (almost total) rewrite of the
`yesod devel` server:
http://www.yesodweb.com/blog/2016/11/new-yesod-devel-server
This new version is not yet released, I'm requesting feedback before doing
so. If people can have a look, I'd appreciate it.
I'm including the web-devel list, since this new version has very explicit
documentation on how to use `yesod devel` with non-Yesod application.
Michael
