X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fusers_guide%2F6.6-notes.xml;h=31ad8139c562f891d64fea6a59d2f410b328f6b4;hb=843a94574e7f25fc6156dd3786a9bd961c3f861d;hp=de4ce16883a9a126215d1aacf4f3bd4e5b47b206;hpb=bb5e030c18910d1a1833803d5a1a5edf48ca4e8a;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml index de4ce16..31ad813 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml @@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ - There are significant changes to the way scoped type variables work; - see . + There are significant changes to the way scoped type variables work, + and some programs that used to compile may no longer do so. + The new story is documented in . ( Simon's e-mail - gives some background.) + gives some background, but the user manual should be complete (tell + us if not), and + certainly takes precedence if there is any conflict.) @@ -59,6 +62,11 @@ ignored in comments, so ASCII code with comments in, for example, Latin-1 will also work. + + + A way to have Latin-1 source files pre-processed by GHC is + described in . + @@ -387,6 +395,14 @@ + GHCi now has an :edit command which pops + up an editor on the most recently loaded file, or a + specified file. See for + more information. + + + + GHCi now invokes print by default on the result of IO actions and bindings at the prompt. This is occasionally not what you want, so it can be disabled (at