"Howard B. Golden" <howard.b.gol...@gmail.com> writes:

> My _very_ naive question is whether Template Haskell should have all
> the features of the latest language? Perhaps it could instead be
> limited to a simpler subset so that it could become a bolt-on to the
> rest of the compiler and it could be compiled and implemented
> independently using an older compiler and libraries.
>
While I think users should be able to access all of the features of the
language from TemplateHaskell, I agree that most users only need a small
subset. We have explored some ideas exploiting this property in #24021.
While it's not trivial per se, I think there is a real opportunity here.

Cheers,

- Ben

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