2009/6/14 Gwern Branwen <gwe...@gmail.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:05 AM, Deniz Dogan wrote: >> Someone really ought to write a tool for this... > > Well, it's an issue of time. Just building and adding the deps is fast > and straightforward. A tool I'd need to know about, have installed, > and remember to use in the middle of a Cabalizing session. The people > who most need such a tool are those who are least likely to use it. > And given the overhead, it's unclear that it would actually save time. > Sometimes, somethings aren't worth automating. > > Now, if someone were to create such a tool and integrate it into > 'mkcabal', then it might make sense. You could create the basic .cabal > with the build-depends filled in. But as a separate tool it's too > small a task to handle. Even memorizing the -show-iface or > - -ddump-types options may not be worthwhile - how often does one create > Cabal packages from scratch?
I'm sorry, I was not aware of those flags when I wrote my message. You're right. -- Deniz Dogan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
