Deprecated features

2000-01-24 Thread Sven Panne
Just a thought: Some compilers for other languages (e.g. Java and Eiffel) warn the user about deprecated features, but continue compilation. Given the current state of flux in the Haskell libraries, this would be a nice thing in Haskell, too. So my suggestion is a new pragma DEPRECATED along the

Deprecated features

2000-01-24 Thread Tom Pledger
Sven Panne writes: > [...] So my suggestion is a new pragma DEPRECATED along the > following lines: [...] Opinions? I like it. Ideally, tools like HaskellDoc would also be aware of the DEPRECATED pragma.

Re: Deprecated features

2000-01-24 Thread Fergus Henderson
On 24-Jan-2000, Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a thought: Some compilers for other languages (e.g. Java and > Eiffel) warn the user about deprecated features, but continue > compilation. Given the current state of flux in the Haskell libraries, > this would

Re: Deprecated features

2000-01-24 Thread Manuel M. T. Chakravarty
Sven Panne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > Just a thought: Some compilers for other languages (e.g. Java and > Eiffel) warn the user about deprecated features, but continue > compilation. Given the current state of flux in the Haskell libraries, > this would be a nice thing in H

Re: Deprecated features

2000-01-25 Thread George Russell
Sven Panne wrote: > > Just a thought: Some compilers for other languages (e.g. Java and > Eiffel) warn the user about deprecated features, but continue > compilation. Given the current state of flux in the Haskell libraries, > this would be a nice thing in Haskell, too. So my sugg