I don't understand why syb needs to be a boot library. If you want to use it, just install and use it! I must be missing something
Simon | -----Original Message----- | From: [email protected] [mailto:glasgow-haskell-bugs- | [email protected]] On Behalf Of GHC | Sent: 09 June 2011 18:57 | Cc: [email protected] | Subject: [GHC] #5247: include generics library | | #5247: include generics library | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ | Reporter: jhala | Owner: | Type: feature request | Status: new | Priority: normal | Component: libraries (other) | Version: 7.0.3 | Keywords: | Testcase: | Blockedby: | Os: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Failure: None/Unknown | ---------------------------------+------------------------------------------ | Is it possible to include a generics library (e.g. SYB) in the boot | libraries? | This would make the GHC API easier to use within systems whose | dependencies are a subset of GHC's (e.g. Haddock). In particular, | various internal GHC types are instances of Data etc. and can be | accessed easily via the generics library. | | (I have a variant of Haddock that can, in conjunction with HsColour, | generate mouseover types, http://goto.ucsd.edu/~rjhala/Annot/ but | it uses SYB to traverse the parsed-and-typechecked-source.) | | -- | Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5247> | GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> | The Glasgow Haskell Compiler | | _______________________________________________ | Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list | [email protected] | http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs _______________________________________________ Cvs-ghc mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-ghc
