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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
index 3de6beb..bd45619 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
@@ -11,16 +11,24 @@
when you compile with , you now get
an RTS flag that allows you to specify the
number of OS threads that GHC should use. Defaults to 1.
- See and and .
- GHC now handles impredicative polymorphism and there are
- changes to the way scoped type variables work; see
- Simon's e-mail
- for more details of the change, or for the documentation.
+ GHC now handles impredicative polymorphism; 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, but the user manual should be complete (tell
+ us if not), and
+ certainly takes precedence if there is any conflict.)
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@
f (x, y) | x `seq` False = undefined
| otherwise = [x,y]
- See for more details.
+ See for more details.
@@ -54,6 +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 .
+
@@ -158,7 +171,6 @@
,
,
,
- ,
,
,
,
@@ -382,6 +394,14 @@
+ 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
@@ -414,7 +434,7 @@
- Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+ Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
@@ -515,8 +535,9 @@
GHC.Exts now provides a function
- lazy which forces GHC to think that its
- argument is lazy in its first argument.
+ lazy, where lazy f
+ behaves like f, except GHC is forced
+ to believe that it is lazy in its first argument.
For more details, see .
@@ -984,7 +1005,7 @@
- Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+ Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
@@ -1090,7 +1111,7 @@
- Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+ Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).
@@ -1245,6 +1266,14 @@
network package.
+
+
+ The Network.CGI.Compat module provides
+ a similar interface to the old Network.CGI
+ module, but it uses Text.XHtml rather than
+ Text.Html.
+
+
@@ -1651,7 +1680,7 @@
An introduction to using the library can be found
- on the wiki.
+ on the wiki.