From 1c8acc1564a5ba2d340c62966e7409f001601553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Marlow Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 07:44:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] somewhere to keep track of release notes for 6.6 --- docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2adfa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/users_guide/6.6-notes.xml @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Compiler: +- SMP support +- GHC API +- better GC for IORef/IOArray and lots of threads +- loosen rules on instance decls +- impredicative types +- completion in GHCi +- UTF-8 source files +- bang patterns +- :main +- breakpoints + +Libraries: +- Data.ByteString +- hslibs removed + +Internals/Source tree: +- NCG handles loops +- unknown calls take args in registers, if available +- x86_64: more argument regs +- refactored HscMain +- darcs +- source tree flattened -- 1.7.10.4