[project @ 1998-02-09 13:02:19 by simonm]

added stuff about library re-organisation.

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
index c5fd50a..342f46c 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
@@ -46,4 +46,43 @@ Changes made since 3.00:
        Assertions are a Glasgow extension, so -fglasgow-exts is
        needed to use them.
 
+<item> Library re-organisation: all libraries now live under ghc/lib,
+which has the following structure:
+
+<tscreen> <verb>
+       ghc/lib/std             --  all prelude files           (libHS.a)
+       ghc/lib/std/cbits
+
+       ghc/lib/exts            -- standard Hugs/GHC extensions (libHSexts.a)
+                               -- available with '-fglasgow-exts'
+
+       ghc/lib/posix           -- POSIX library                (libHSposix.a)
+       ghc/lib/posix/cbits     -- available with '-syslib posix'
+
+       ghc/lib/misc            -- used to be hslibs/ghc        (libHSmisc.a)
+       ghc/lib/misc/cbits      -- available with '-syslib misc'
+
+       ghc/lib/concurrent      -- Concurrent libraries         (libHSconc.a)
+                               -- available with '-concurrent'
+</verb> </tscreen>
+
+Also, several non-standard prelude modules had their names changed to begin
+with 'Prel' to reduce namespace pollution.
+
+<tscreen> <verb>
+       Addr      ==> PrelAddr     (Addr interface available in 'exts')
+       ArrBase   ==> PrelArr
+       CCall     ==> PrelCCall    (CCall interface available in 'exts')
+       ConcBase  ==> PrelConc
+       GHCerr    ==> PrelErr
+       Foreign   ==> PrelForeign  (Foreign interface available in 'exts')
+       GHC       ==> PrelGHC
+       IOHandle  ==> PrelHandle
+       IOBase    ==> PrelIOBase
+       GHCmain   ==> PrelMain
+       STBase    ==> PrelST
+       Unsafe    ==> PrelUnsafe
+       UnsafeST  ==> PrelUnsafeST
+</verb> </tscreen>
+
 </itemize>