Re: Change to Posix.lhs

[Volker Stolz]

Should getEnvVar just be overloaded in Posix.lhs or should the whole thing
(System & PosixProcPrim) be changed?
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Re: Change to Posix.lhs

[George Russell]

Volker Stolz wrote:
> 
> Should getEnvVar just be overloaded in Posix.lhs or should the whole thing
> (System & PosixProcPrim) be changed?
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> Volker Stolz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * PGP
I was hoping that we wouldn't have any incompatible changes . . .

I think ideally that getEnv like functions should return Maybe rather than
raising an exception.  But we're stuck with the definition in the standard,
and I think that means Posix should stay the same as well. 
It's not really such a pain - you've got "try" which turns an error into an
Either.

RE: Importing instances without pangling Make

[Simon Peyton-Jones]

| At the time of writing, I am waiting for yet another long 
| Haskell re-make of
| lots of modules to complete.  The frustrating thing is, that 
| at least 90% of these
| remakes are actually completely unnecessary.  

OK, I have heard your cries, and have fixed GHC.
Try it.

Simon 

Re: Importing instances without pangling Make

[George Russell]

Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> 
> | At the time of writing, I am waiting for yet another long
> | Haskell re-make of
> | lots of modules to complete.  The frustrating thing is, that
> | at least 90% of these
> | remakes are actually completely unnecessary.
> 
> OK, I have heard your cries, and have fixed GHC.
> Try it.
Many thanks.  I will, tomorrow . . .