From: simonmar <unknown>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 11:51:50 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [project @ 2001-05-01 11:51:50 by simonmar]
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X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;h=8c9d47e5285053237f373dcd49b669ab032fb43d;p=ghc-hetmet.git

[project @ 2001-05-01 11:51:50 by simonmar]
Add an item about the networking library rewrite.
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/5-02-notes.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/5-02-notes.sgml
index 81e7fb6..144f79f 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/5-02-notes.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/5-02-notes.sgml
@@ -13,9 +13,22 @@
     <title>User-visible library changes</title>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem>
+	<para>The <literal>SocketPrim</literal> and
+	<literal>BSD</literal> modules in the <literal>net</literal>
+	package have been re-written to use the FFI, be more portable,
+	and be more thread-safe.  There are minor user-visible
+	changes: the functions <function>writeSocket</function>,
+	<function>readSocket</function> and
+	<function>readSocketAll</function> have been removed (use
+	<function>socketToHandle</function> and
+	<literal>Handle</literal> operations instead).</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
 	<para>New function: <function>Exception.throwDynTo</function>.
 	See <xref linkend="sec-Dynamic-Exceptions">.</para>
       </listitem>
+
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect2>