... and by that, you presumably mean s/TypeApplications/TypeAbstractions. On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 14:30, Arnaud Spiwack <arnaud.spiw...@tweag.io> wrote:
> 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. > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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