New syntax for GADT-style record declarations, and associated refactoring

[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 3de6beb..a04b99e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml
@@ -11,16 +11,24 @@
           when you compile with <option>-threaded</option>, you now get
           an RTS flag <option>-N</option> that allows you to specify the
           number of OS threads that GHC should use. Defaults to 1.
           when you compile with <option>-threaded</option>, you now get
           an RTS flag <option>-N</option> that allows you to specify the
           number of OS threads that GHC should use. Defaults to 1.

-          See <xref linkend="sec-using-smp" /> and <xref
+          See <xref linkend="using-smp" /> and <xref

           linkend="lang-parallel" />.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           linkend="lang-parallel" />.
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>

-          GHC now handles impredicative polymorphism and there are
-          changes to the way scoped type variables work; see
-          <ulink url="http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2006-January/009565.html"> Simon's e-mail</ulink>
-          for more details of the change, or <xref linkend="impredicative-polymorphism" /> for the documentation.
+          GHC now handles impredicative polymorphism; see <xref linkend="impredicative-polymorphism" />.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+         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  <xref linkend="scoped-type-variables" />.
+          (<ulink url="http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2006-January/009565.html"> Simon's e-mail</ulink>
+          gives some background, but the user manual should be complete (tell
+          us if not), and
+          certainly takes precedence if there is any conflict.)

         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>

@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@
           <programlisting>
     f (x, y) | x `seq` False = undefined
              | otherwise = [x,y]</programlisting>
           <programlisting>
     f (x, y) | x `seq` False = undefined
              | otherwise = [x,y]</programlisting>

-          See <xref linkend="sec-bang-patterns" /> for more details.
+          See <xref linkend="bang-patterns" /> for more details.

         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         </para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>

@@ -54,6 +62,11 @@
           ignored in comments, so ASCII code with comments in, for
           example, Latin-1 will also work.
         </para>
           ignored in comments, so ASCII code with comments in, for
           example, Latin-1 will also work.
         </para>

+
+        <para>
+          A way to have Latin-1 source files pre-processed by GHC is
+          described in <xref linkend="pre-processor" />.
+        </para>

       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>

@@ -119,7 +132,7 @@
             The following flags (and, where appropriate, their inverses)
             used to be static (can only be given on
             the command line) but are now dynamic (can also be given in
             The following flags (and, where appropriate, their inverses)
             used to be static (can only be given on
             the command line) but are now dynamic (can also be given in

-            a <literal>GHC_OPTIONS</literal> pragma or with
+            an <literal>OPTIONS_GHC</literal> pragma or with

             <literal>:set</literal> in GHCi):
             <option>-c</option>,
             <option>-hcsuf</option>,
             <literal>:set</literal> in GHCi):
             <option>-c</option>,
             <option>-hcsuf</option>,

@@ -158,7 +171,6 @@
             <option>-pgma</option>,
             <option>-pgml</option>,
             <option>-pgmdll</option>,
             <option>-pgma</option>,
             <option>-pgml</option>,
             <option>-pgmdll</option>,

-            <option>-pgmdep</option>,

             <option>-pgmF</option>,
             <option>-optl</option>,
             <option>-optdll</option>,
             <option>-pgmF</option>,
             <option>-optl</option>,
             <option>-optdll</option>,

@@ -382,6 +394,14 @@
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
       </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>

+          GHCi now has an <literal>:edit</literal> command which pops
+          up an editor on the most recently loaded file, or a
+          specified file.  See <xref linkend="ghci-commands" /> for
+          more information.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>

           GHCi now invokes <literal>print</literal> 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
           GHCi now invokes <literal>print</literal> 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 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>

-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).

           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

@@ -515,8 +535,9 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <literal>GHC.Exts</literal> now provides a function
         <listitem>
           <para>
             <literal>GHC.Exts</literal> now provides a function

-            <literal>lazy</literal> which forces GHC to think that its
-            argument is lazy in its first argument.
+            <literal>lazy</literal>, where <literal>lazy f</literal>
+            behaves like <literal>f</literal>, except GHC is forced
+            to believe that it is lazy in its first argument.

             For more details, see <xref linkend="special-ids" />.
           </para>
         </listitem>
             For more details, see <xref linkend="special-ids" />.
           </para>
         </listitem>

@@ -984,7 +1005,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>

-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).

           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

@@ -1090,7 +1111,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>

-            Version number 2.0 (was 1.0).
+            Version number 2.1 (was 1.0).

           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>
           </para>
         </listitem>
         <listitem>

@@ -1245,6 +1266,14 @@
             <literal>network</literal> package.
           </para>
         </listitem>
             <literal>network</literal> package.
           </para>
         </listitem>

+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            The <literal>Network.CGI.Compat</literal> module provides
+            a similar interface to the old <literal>Network.CGI</literal>
+            module, but it uses <literal>Text.XHtml</literal> rather than
+            <literal>Text.Html</literal>.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>

       </itemizedlist>
     </sect3>
 
       </itemizedlist>
     </sect3>
 

@@ -1651,7 +1680,7 @@
       </para>
       <para>
         An introduction to using the library can be found
       </para>
       <para>
         An introduction to using the library can be found

-        <ulink url="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library">on the wiki</ulink>.
+        <ulink url="http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library">on the wiki</ulink>.

       </para>
   </sect2>
 
       </para>
   </sect2>