RE: Orphan Instances

2008-08-12 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
Users Mailing List; Ashley Yakeley | Subject: Re: Orphan Instances | | | | Ashley Yakely wrote: | >> What is an orphan instance, and why do we care about them? | | Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: | > They are documented in the GHC manual | > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_gu

Re: Orphan Instances

2008-08-12 Thread Yitzchak Gale
Ashley Yakely wrote: >> What is an orphan instance, and why do we care about them? Simon Peyton-Jones wrote: > They are documented in the GHC manual > http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/users_guide/separate-compilation.html#orphan-modules Thanks for the nice explanation there. Since yo

Re: Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8

2007-10-17 Thread Adrian Hey
to waste anybody's time. Thanks -- Adrian Hey Simon | -Original Message- | From: Adrian Hey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 17 October 2007 17:04 | To: glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org; Simon Peyton-Jones | Subject: Re: Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8 | | Hello again, | | Adrian Hey wrote: | &g

RE: Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8

2007-10-17 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
users@haskell.org; Simon Peyton-Jones | Subject: Re: Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8 | | Hello again, | | Adrian Hey wrote: | > Hello Folks, | > | > One thing different from 6.6 and 6.8 is I find that with -Wall | > I get a lot more warnings about orphan instances, even if the | > code has not

Re: Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8

2007-10-17 Thread Adrian Hey
Hello again, Adrian Hey wrote: Hello Folks, One thing different from 6.6 and 6.8 is I find that with -Wall I get a lot more warnings about orphan instances, even if the code has not changed. Has the definition of what an Orphan instance is changed? Or is this a bug? If so, is the bug in 6.6

Orphan Instances with GHC 6.8

2007-10-17 Thread Adrian Hey
Hello Folks, One thing different from 6.6 and 6.8 is I find that with -Wall I get a lot more warnings about orphan instances, even if the code has not changed. Has the definition of what an Orphan instance is changed? Or is this a bug? If so, is the bug in 6.6 or 6.8? I can make them go away