X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fusers_guide%2F6.6-notes.xml;h=bd4561960ef85238938d87d6f3215032b03f6874;hb=aedb94f5f220b5e442b23ecc445fd38c8d9b6ba0;hp=3de6beb96a24c1c769f3c701af979a483a7796d2;hpb=501281032723cfb1e6e324921c6c3e47b03730ab;p=ghc-hetmet.git 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.