On 10/02/2012, at 16:03, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > Friends > > The page describes an improved implementation of the Typeable class, making > use of polymorphic kinds. Technically it is straightforward, but it > represents a non-backward-compatible change to a widely used library, so we > need to make a plan for the transition. > > http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/GhcKinds/PolyTypeable > > Comments? You can fix typos or add issues directly in the wiki page, or > discuss by email
IMO, polymorphic kinds are far too experimental at this stage to be used in such a fundamental library. I also fully agree with Ian's point about other implementations. Should there perhaps be a NewTypeable module which could then be renamed into Typeable once it is sufficiently well established? Roman _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
