Re: vectorisation code?

Ben Gamari writes: > Geoffrey Mainland writes: > >> Hi Ben, >> Hi Geoff, >> Progress is stalled on a rewrite of DPH's use of TH since TH is no >> longer available in stage1. There is no reason this can't be worked >> around, just that it's more work

Re: ghc command line arguments parsing

On 19 August 2016 at 14:42, Sven Panne wrote: > > Hmmm, do we need '--ghc-args=' at all when we have '--' as the border > between the 2 "argument worlds"? Without thinking too much about it, :-} I > guess we don't. This would be consistent with how e.g. "stack exec" or >

RE: Landing Backpack in HEAD

I'm supportive of doing this, and am working with Edward on it. Yell if you object. Simon | -Original Message- | From: ghc-devs [mailto:ghc-devs-boun...@haskell.org] On Behalf Of | Edward Z. Yang | Sent: 11 August 2016 20:07 | To: ghc-devs | Subject: Landing

Re: ghc command line arguments parsing

2016-08-19 10:58 GMT+02:00 Harendra Kumar : > Funnily consistency was my point too and not convenience. I totally agree > that consistency is more important. The end objective is less referring to > manuals and rely more on intuition and consistency. Its all about making

Re: ghc command line arguments parsing

On 19 August 2016 at 12:31, Sven Panne wrote: > 2016-08-18 19:59 GMT+02:00 Harendra Kumar : > >> [...] It only parses a flag which takes an argument. [...] >> > > o_O AFAICT, this is even more non-standard and quite surprising... > > >> As I

Re: Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax

(Sorry if anybody receives this twice, I think I flubbed my 'send'.) On 2016-08-19 08:34, monkleyon--- via ghc-devs wrote: > Yet my vote is with "bespoke". Short, informative, recognizable, and a > nice balance of quirky and reasonable, just like so much else here. > ... oh, and might I submit

Re: Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax

On 2016-08-19 08:34, monkleyon--- via ghc-devs wrote: >> Honestly, I don't care particularly much which exact word it becomes >> just as long at isn't some 'cute' or obscurse[1] word. >> >> 'magic' belongs in the 'cute' category, I think and 'bespoke' belongs in >> the latter. > I'm native German.

Re: Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax

I would prefer "custom" simply because the word is used often enough in computing that there is no chance of someone having to pull out a dictionary for it. ___ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org

Re: ghc command line arguments parsing

2016-08-18 19:59 GMT+02:00 Harendra Kumar : > [...] It only parses a flag which takes an argument. [...] > o_O AFAICT, this is even more non-standard and quite surprising... > As I explained above, I would prefer to keep this bug :-) and document it > especially for