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<H1>Haskell Hierarchical Libraries</H1>
- <P>The libraries are divided into several <EM>packages</EM>.</P>
+ <P>The libraries are divided into several <EM>packages</EM>:</P>
- <P><EM>GHC/GHCi users note</EM>: most of the time, all the packages are
- available without the need to use any additional command-line
- options. The only time when this is not the case is when linking
- a program on the command line, without using the <tt>--make</tt>
- option: in this case you must list all the packages to link to by
- adding the <tt>-package P</tt> flag (where <tt>P</tt> is the
- package name) to the command line for each package. See the
- User's Guide for more details.</P>
-
- <P><EM>Hugs users note</EM>: Hugs currently provides modules
- from the <TT>base</TT>, <TT>haskell98</TT>, <TT>network</TT> and
- <TT>haskell-src</TT> packages. These modules are always available,
- as a single hierarchy; Hugs does not use the package subdivision.</P>
-
- <P>
- <UL>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="base/index.html"><TT>base</TT></a>:
- the Prelude, and a large collection of useful libraries.
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="haskell98/index.html"><TT>haskell98</TT></a>:
- Haskell 98 and FFI Standard Libraries.
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="network/index.html"><TT>network</TT></a>:
- networking support libraries.
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="haskell-src/index.html"><TT>haskell-src</TT></a>:
- manipulating Haskell source code.
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="readline/index.html"><TT>readline</TT></a>:
- a library for interactively reading input from the console
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="unix/index.html"><TT>unix</TT></a>:
- supplies POSIX functionality (not all platforms).
- </LI>
+ <DL>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="base/index.html"><TT>base</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ the Prelude, and a large collection of useful libraries.
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="haskell98/index.html"><TT>haskell98</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ Haskell 98 and FFI Standard Libraries.
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="network/index.html"><TT>network</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ networking support libraries.
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="haskell-src/index.html"><TT>haskell-src</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ manipulating Haskell source code.
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="readline/index.html"><TT>readline</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ a library for interactively reading input from the console
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="unix/index.html"><TT>unix</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ supplies POSIX functionality (not all platforms).
+ </DD>
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- <LI>
- <A HREF="OpenGL/index.html"><TT>OpenGL</TT></a>:
- 3D rendering.
- </LI>
- <LI>
- <A HREF="GLUT/index.html"><TT>GLUT</TT></a>:
- the OpenGL utility toolkit.
- </LI>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="OpenGL/index.html"><TT>OpenGL</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ 3D rendering.
+ </DD>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="GLUT/index.html"><TT>GLUT</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ the OpenGL utility toolkit.
+ </DD>
@HOpenGLHTMLEnd@
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- <LI>
- <A HREF="ObjectIO/index.html"><TT>ObjectIO</TT></a>: GUI library.
- </LI>
+ <DT>
+ <A HREF="ObjectIO/index.html"><TT>ObjectIO</TT></a>
+ </DT><DD>
+ GUI library.
+ </DD>
@ObjectIOHTMLEnd@
- </UL>
- </P>
+ </DL>
+
+ <H2>Implementation-specific notes</H2>
+
+ <DL>
+ <DT>GHC/GHCi</DT>
+ <DD>
+ Most of the time, all the packages are available without the
+ need to use any additional command-line options. The only
+ time when this is not the case is when linking a program on the
+ command line, without using the <tt>--make</tt> option: in this
+ case you must list all the packages to link to by adding the
+ <tt>-package</tt> <i>P</i> flag (where <i>P</i> is the package
+ name) to the command line for each package.
+ See the <a href="users_guide/users-guide.html">User's Guide</a>
+ for more details.
+ </DD>
+
+ <DT>Hugs</DT>
+ <DD>
+ Hugs currently provides modules from the <tt>base</tt>,
+ <tt>haskell98</tt>, <tt>network</tt> and <tt>haskell-src</tt> packages.
+ These modules are always available, as a single hierarchy;
+ Hugs does not use the package subdivision.
+ </DD>
+
+ </DL>
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