Thanks Ben. For the sake of the future announcements, the first item should have s/TypeApplications/TypeApplications/
On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 at 17:09, Ben Gamari <b...@well-typed.com> wrote: > > The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the availability of the > second alpha prerelease of GHC 9.8.1. Binary distributions, source > distributions, and documentation are available at > > https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha2 > > GHC 9.8 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including: > > * Preliminary support the `TypeApplications` language extension > [type-binders], > allowing types to be bound in type declarations. > > * Support for the `ExtendedLiterals` extension, providing syntax for > non-word-sized numeric literals in the surface language > [extended-literals] > > * Improved rewrite rule matching behavior, allowing limited matching of > higher-order patterns > > * Better support for user-defined warnings by way of the `WARNING` pragma > [warnings] > > * The introduction of the new `GHC.TypeError.Unsatisfiable` > constraint, allowing more predictable user-defined type errors > [unsatisfiable] > > * Implementation of the export deprecation proposal, allowing module > exports to be marked with `DEPRECATE` pragmas [deprecated-exports] > > * The addition of build semaphore support for parallel compilation; > with coming support in `cabal-install` this will allow better use of > parallelism in multi-package builds [jsem] > > * More efficient representation of info table provenance information, > reducing binary sizes by over 50% in some cases when > `-finfo-table-map` is in use > > A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes]. > This alpha includes around two dozen bug-fixes relative to alpha 1. > > We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool, > Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell > Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial > and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release > management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been > possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work > comprise this release. > > As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket] if you see > anything amiss. > > Happy compiling, > > ~ Ben > > > [type-binders]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0425-decl-invis-binders.rst > [extended-literals > <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0425-decl-invis-binders.rst%5Bextended-literals>]: > > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0451-sized-literals.rst > [unsatisfiable]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0433-unsatisfiable.rst > [warnings]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0541-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rst > [deprecated-exports > <https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0541-warning-pragmas-with-categories.rst%5Bdeprecated-exports>]: > > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0134-deprecating-exports-proposal.rst > [jsem]: > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0540-jsem.rst > [release notes]: > https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.8.1-alpha2/docs/users_guide/9.8.1-notes.html > [ticket]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > To (un)subscribe, modify options or view archives go to: > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > Only members subscribed via the mailman list are allowed to post. -- Arnaud Spiwack Director, Research at https://moduscreate.com and https://tweag.io.
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