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-
- Release notes for version 4.07 (May 2000)
-
-
- User-visible compiler changes
-
-
-
- New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.
- See .
-
-
-
- The x86 native code generator has been reworked
- considerably, and now works reliably. Using the NCG rather
- than compiling via C reduces compilation times by roughly a
- half while having minimal effect on the run-time of the
- compiled program (about 2-4% slower, worse for floating-point
- intensive programs).
-
- The NCG is used by default for non-optimising compiles.
- You can use it with by adding the
- flag to GHC's command
- line, after .
-
-
-
- Implicit parameters. This Haskell extension gives a
- statically-typed version of dynamic scoping that avoids the
- worst problems of dynamic scoping in lisp. See the
- POPL paper
- for more details. It is enabled by .
-
-
-
-
- New DEPRECATED pragma for marking
- outdated interfaces as deprecated.
-
-
-
- New flag: , which
- dumps a file M.imports that contains the
- (allegedly) minimal bunch of imports needed by the current
- module.
-
-
-
- New “package” system for libraries. See
- for the details.
-
-
-
- The long-standing bug that caused some programs which
- used trace to
- exit with a deadlock error has been fixed.
-
-
-
- Trying to put into a full MVar will now
- raise a PutFullMVar
- exception.
-
-
-
- If a thread is about to be garbage collected, because it
- is waiting on an MVar that no other thread
- has access to, then it will now be sent the BlockedOnDeadMVar
- exception.
-
-
-
- A thread that is found to be blocked against itself
- (i.e. is black holed) is now sent a
- NonTermination exception.
-
-
-
- Operations which may block, such as
- takeMVar, raiseInThread,
- and several I/O operations, may now receive asynchronous
- exceptions even in the scope of a
- blockAsyncExceptions. These are called
- interruptible operations. See for more details.
-
-
-
- Result type signatures now work.
-
-
-
- A truckload of bugfixes.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- User-visible library changes
-
-
-
- The FFI has been revised and expanded; see , , and .
-
-
-
- HaXml, a library for parsing and generating XML, has
- been added to the text package ().
-
-
-
- The QuickCheck library for performing
- functional testing has been added to the
- util package ().
-
-
-
- Two new experimental interfaces to arrays:
- IArray for immutable arrays (), and MArray for
- mutable arrays (). Comments on
- these interfaces are welcome; eventually we'd like them to
- replace ByteArray,
- MutableArray, IOArray,
- and STArray.
-
-
-
- New function: tryTakeMVar.
-
-
-
- hPutBuf,
- hPutBufBA, hGetBuf, and
- hGetBufBA, have been renamed to
- hPutBufFull,
- hPutBufBAFull,
- hGetBufFull, and
- hGetBufBAFull. Functions with the old
- names still exist, but have slightly different semantics. See
- for more details.
-
-
-
-
-
- Internal changes
-
-
-
- Con is gone; the
- CoreExpr type is simpler.
-
-
-
- NoRepLits have gone.
-
-
-
- Better usage info in interface files, which means less
- recompilation.
-
-
-
- CCall primop is tidied up.
-
-
-
- Constant folding is now done by Rules.
-
-
-
- Lots of hackery in the simplifier.
-
-
-
- Improvements in CPR and strictness analysis.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
rmfile ./ghc/docs/users_guide/4-07-notes.sgml
hunk ./ghc/docs/users_guide/4-08-notes.sgml 1
+
+ Release notes for version 4.08 (July 2000)
+
+
+ User-visible compiler changes
+
+
+
+ New profiling subsystem, based on cost-centre stacks.
+ See .
+
+
+
+ The x86 native code generator has been reworked
+ considerably, and now works reliably. Using the NCG rather
+ than compiling via C reduces compilation times by roughly a
+ half while having minimal effect on the run-time of the
+ compiled program (about 2-4% slower, worse for floating-point
+ intensive programs).
+
+ The NCG is used by default for non-optimising compiles.
+ You can use it with by adding the
+ flag to GHC's command
+ line, after .
+
+
+
+ Implicit parameters. This Haskell extension gives a
+ statically-typed version of dynamic scoping that avoids the
+ worst problems of dynamic scoping in lisp. See the
+ POPL paper
+ for more details. It is enabled by .
+
+
+
+
+ New DEPRECATED pragma for marking
+ outdated interfaces as deprecated.
+
+
+
+ New flag: , which
+ dumps a file M.imports that contains the
+ (allegedly) minimal bunch of imports needed by the current
+ module.
+
+
+
+ New “package” system for libraries. See
+ for the details.
+
+
+
+ The long-standing bug that caused some programs which
+ used trace to
+ exit with a deadlock error has been fixed.
+
+
+
+ Trying to put into a full MVar will now
+ raise a PutFullMVar
+ exception.
+
+
+
+ If a thread is about to be garbage collected, because it
+ is waiting on an MVar that no other thread
+ has access to, then it will now be sent the BlockedOnDeadMVar
+ exception.
+
+
+
+ A thread that is found to be blocked against itself
+ (i.e. is black holed) is now sent a
+ NonTermination exception.
+
+
+
+ Operations which may block, such as
+ takeMVar, raiseInThread,
+ and several I/O operations, may now receive asynchronous
+ exceptions even in the scope of a
+ blockAsyncExceptions. These are called
+ interruptible operations. See for more details.
+
+
+
+ Result type signatures now work.
+
+
+
+ A truckload of bugfixes.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ User-visible library changes
+
+
+
+ The FFI has been revised and expanded; see , , and .
+
+
+
+ HaXml, a library for parsing and generating XML, has
+ been added to the text package ().
+
+
+
+ The QuickCheck library for performing
+ functional testing has been added to the
+ util package ().
+
+
+
+ Two new experimental interfaces to arrays:
+ IArray for immutable arrays (), and MArray for
+ mutable arrays (). Comments on
+ these interfaces are welcome; eventually we'd like them to
+ replace ByteArray,
+ MutableArray, IOArray,
+ and STArray.
+
+
+
+ New function: tryTakeMVar.
+
+
+
+ hPutBuf,
+ hPutBufBA, hGetBuf, and
+ hGetBufBA, have been renamed to
+ hPutBufFull,
+ hPutBufBAFull,
+ hGetBufFull, and
+ hGetBufBAFull. Functions with the old
+ names still exist, but have slightly different semantics. See
+ for more details.
+
+
+
+
+
+ Internal changes
+
+
+
+ Con is gone; the
+ CoreExpr type is simpler.
+
+
+
+ NoRepLits have gone.
+
+
+
+ Better usage info in interface files, which means less
+ recompilation.
+
+
+
+ CCall primop is tidied up.
+
+
+
+ Constant folding is now done by Rules.
+
+
+
+ Lots of hackery in the simplifier.
+
+
+
+ Improvements in CPR and strictness analysis.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
hunk ./ghc/docs/users_guide/ug-book.sgml 2
-The Glasgow Haskell Compiler User's Guide, Version 4.07
+The Glasgow Haskell Compiler User's Guide, Version 4.08
hunk ./ghc/docs/users_guide/ug-ent.sgml 3
-
+
}