<title>User-visible compiler changes</title>
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- <para>MacOS X support (Wolfgang, please fill in).</para>
+ <para>Full support for MacOS X, including fully optimized compilation, has been added. Only a native
+ code generator and support for <option>-split-objs</option> is still missing.
+ Everything else needs more testing, but should work.</para>
</listitem>
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<para><literal>ghc-pkg</literal>: new options
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<para>The compiler can now read in files containing Core
syntax (such as those produced by the
- <option>-fext-core</option> option) and compile them. This is
- enabled with the <option>-fcore</option> flag.</para>
+ <option>-fext-core</option> option) and compile them. Input
+ files with the <literal>.hcr</literal> file extension are
+ assumed to contain Core syntax.</para>
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