RE: GHC 5.01 Zarjaz: Test release for Windows
Here's my first feedback concerning GHC 5.01 for Win: There are significant improvements of compilation speed (about 20% faster, sometimes even more) and the generated code's size (about 40% smaller). And the new --make option and GHCi are really great features! However, I already discovered some smaller problems, too: - The included version of HaXml (including dtdtohaskell.exe etc.) is not up-to-date. - I had some Dr. Watsons when leaving GHCi. I think, it was in a case with a possible heap overflow. I'll try to analyze it further. - When running GHC with the --make option, sometimes it stoppes with an error message (the impossible happened ...). I will also try to make this situations reproducable. Some smaller problems are: - When leaving out the -o option, GHC4.08.2 defaulted to main.exe, but GHC5 doesn't anymore (produces a.out). - I didn't find a way yet to force GHCi to load a module in interpreted mode, even if an up-to-date object file is present. Is there a way to do this without deleting .hi/.o first? Christian ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
RE: GHC 5.01 Zarjaz: Test release for Windows
- The included version of HaXml (including dtdtohaskell.exe etc.) is not up-to-date. That's up to HaXml's author, Malcolm Wallace. The InstallShield shipped with the latest version from CVS. (Malcolm, could you possibly update, please?) - When leaving out the -o option, GHC4.08.2 defaulted to main.exe, but GHC5 doesn't anymore (produces a.out). I'll fix that. - I didn't find a way yet to force GHCi to load a module in interpreted mode, even if an up-to-date object file is present. Is there a way to do this without deleting .hi/.o first? You could touch the .hs file. -- http://sc3d.org/rrt/ | humour, n. unexpected recognition ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
GHC 5.01 Zarjaz: Test release for Windows
There's a test InstallShield for Windows of GHC 5.01 now available at http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/5.00.2/ghc-5-01.exe There is no link to this from the web pages, as it's not intended for general consumption. This is a thrill-seekers' release (hence the moniker). Please do try it out and report problems; I'm currently using it as my installed compiler, so I'm interested in fixing any. -- http://sc3d.org/rrt/ Reality is what refuses to disappear when you stop believing in it (Dick) ___ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
