Record that TH doesn't support pattern types signature

[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / users_guide / 6.6-notes.xml

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
index 9b215b0..7a2dbb4 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
@@ -250,8 +250,14 @@
           <literal>MyIO <replaceable>t</replaceable></literal>
           rather than just
           <literal>IO <replaceable>t</replaceable></literal>.
+         See <xref linkend="ffi-newtype-io"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem> <para> GHC's mechansim for deriving user-defined classes
+         for newtypes has been further generalised, to multi-parameter type
+         classes and higher-kinded types.  See <xref
+         linkend="newtype-deriving"/>.
+         </para></listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           By default, pattern bindings in GHC are now monomorphic.
@@ -281,6 +287,13 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
+          Linear implicit parameters have been scheduled for removal for some
+          time.  In 6.6 we've removed them from the user manual, and they may
+         well disappear from the compiler itself in 6.6.1.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
           It is now possible, with the <literal>-I</literal> RTS flag,
           to control the amount of idle time that happens before a major
           GC is performed.
@@ -298,6 +311,14 @@
           <option>--make</option>, and hence can be used by cabal.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Template Haskell used to have limited support for type signatures in 
+         patterns, but since that design is in flux for Haskell (let alone
+         Template Haskell), we've removed type signatures in patterns from
+         Template Haskell.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect2>