1 <sect1>Release notes for version~2.10---12/97
2 <label id="release-2-10">
5 Changes made since 2.09:
9 <item> export some missing operations from @ST@/@LazyST@.
11 <item> remove wired-in @runST@ from the compiler, move @runST@ from
12 @STBase@ to @UnsafeST@ and give it a type signature. Fix a bug in the
13 compiler to do with universal quantification so this actually works.
15 <item> fix cut-n-paste-o in @PosixUtils.lhs@.
17 <item> better code for checking for overlapping(incomplete?) patterns.
19 <item> @-fwarn-simple-patterns@ for pattern-bindings that could fail.
21 <item> win32 green-card stubs imported.
23 <item> fix 'make carries on after errors' problem <em>again</em>.
25 <item> driver fixed to be perl4 compatible again.
27 <item> obscure happy bug fixed.
29 <item> @Word@ removed from hbc library to avoid conflicts.
31 <item> lots of fixes to the binary distribution system - you can now do
32 @gmake binary-dist Project=Happy@ from the top-level and get a Happy
33 binary distribution. GHC binary distributions no longer contain
36 <item> add some suffix rules for SGML, we can use SGML-Tools for
39 <item> added an new manual for Happy, in SGML format.
41 <item> added the GHC/Hugs extension library documentation as a separate
42 document, and removed that information from the Users' Guide.
44 <item> Fixed a bug where ':::' wasn't being parsed properly in interface files.
46 <item> Fixed a long-standing bug in the strictness analyser.
48 <item> Fixed the cause of the @getWorkerIdAndCons@ panic.
50 <item> Moved the array tests from ghc/lib into the test framework.
51 ghc/lib/tests now doesn't exist.