Re: derive conflicts with multiply-defined and module level import

1998-11-10 Thread Fergus Henderson
On 09-Nov-1998, S. Alexander Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Fergus Henderson wrote: But if we have to add new syntax to make it work then it is getting to be more trouble than its worth. Since the application is code generation, I don't think the extra syntax is a

RE: hugs and ghc compatibility and features

1998-11-10 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
2. Does the new GHC support TREX? If yes, how does one enable it? TREX is Mark and Ben's excellent record system for Haskell. No, GHC doesn't support it. I'd be interested to know how high a priority adding TREX would be to GHC users. Simon

RE: hugs and ghc compatibility and features

1998-11-10 Thread Mark P Jones
Hi Alex, | 1. Does hugs now support mutually recursive modules? As far as I know, there are no versions of Hugs that support this. The underlying infrastructure in the Hugs implementation was never designed with this in mind, and would need some substantial changes. There is interest in doing

operators and fixity declarations

1998-11-10 Thread David Feuer
I really don't like the fact that the unary "-" is special in Haskell. I propose that along with infix operators, Haskell support prefix and postfix operators. The negative function could be renamed to, randomly, %-. I also suggest that the operators be divided into categories, and their names

RE: hugs and ghc compatibility and features

1998-11-10 Thread Simon Marlow
I have been reading about the integrated runtime system between GHC and Hugs. Now that GHC 4.0 is out, what is the status of the hugs ghc integration project? 1. Does hugs now support mutually recursive modules? Initially it'll have limited support for mutually recursive compiled

First CFP: WAAAPL'99 (Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Advanced Programming Languages)

1998-11-10 Thread Chris Okasaki
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS WAAAPL'99 The First Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Advanced Programming Languages http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~cdo/waaapl.html Paris, France