Re: No more ExitException? <- documentation bug

2010-01-26 Thread Volker Wysk
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:48:47 +0100 Volker Wysk wrote: > I'm porting my HsShellScript library from GHC-6.8 to GHC-6.10. I'm catching > an ExitException in the old version. > > The only occurence of ExitException in the GHC 6.10 libraries is in > Control.OldException. So how is this done in GHC

No more ExitException?

2010-01-26 Thread Volker Wysk
Hello I'm porting my HsShellScript library from GHC-6.8 to GHC-6.10. I'm catching an ExitException in the old version. The only occurence of ExitException in the GHC 6.10 libraries is in Control.OldException. So how is this done in GHC 6.10+ ? What replaces the old ExitException? Cheers, Volk

RE: GHC core plugins

2010-01-26 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Yes, I apologise for being slow about this. A good idea would be to create a Trac ticket, so that people can register interest in having the patch by adding themselves to the cc list. The more people that want it, the higher up my priority list... Better still if everyone adds a comment to th

Re: GHC core plugins

2010-01-26 Thread Max Bolingbroke
Hi José, The patch implementing GHC plugins is with Simon PJ and awaiting merge into GHC (and has been for some time - he's a busy guy and its a big patch). However, even once it's merged some more work will need to be done to make sure that it plays nicely with the shared library support (now tha

GHC core plugins

2010-01-26 Thread José Pedro Magalhães
Hello all, What's the current status of GHC plugins [1] in HEAD? Can I use them? If not, what's the easiest way to add another core-to-core pass to the compiler? Thanks, Pedro [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Plugins ___ Glasgow-haskell-us