Alastair Reid wrote:
> Jeff notes:
> > In the last beta of the new hugs, the Eval class was still there.
> > According to Haskell98 criteria, it should be gone.
>
> I'm not sure whether Hugs should track the H'98 standard as it evolves
> or wait for the design to be finished.
>
> With H'1.3, most compilers tracked the evolving standard and got a bunch
> of complaints about how people had to patch their code every time they
> upgraded the compiler or when switching from one compiler to another.
>
> How do people out there feel?
> H'98 is supposed to be finished within 1.5 months so maybe we should track
> the design?
I only commented because GHC has already abandoned Eval for all intents and
purposes. One could argue that GHC abandoned Eval prematurely, but now that
it has, it's nicer for compatibility if hugs goes along and dumps it too.
--Jeff
