2013.4.0.0 proposal

[Bas van Dijk]

On 13 Nov 2013 18:53, "Joachim Breitner" <mail at joachim-breitner.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am Dienstag, den 12.11.2013, 09:26 +0100 schrieb Bas van Dijk:
> > On 10 November 2013 22:40, Mark Lentczner <mark.lentczner at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > Including aeson, which I think we'd all very much like to do, requires
> > > dlist-0.5.
> > > Now, dlist has been around for a very long time, and is very stable.
> > > I do not believe that dlist's API is exposed indirectly via aeson at
all.
> > >
> > > I hereby propose that it be added to the platform.
> > > At the very least, it could be like primitive - in the platform, but
not
> > > "part" of it.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> >
> > +1
> >
> > However, note that I don't mind dropping the dlist dependency from
> > aeson. I use it in a very limited internal place:
> >
> >
https://github.com/bos/aeson/blob/master/Data/Aeson/Types/Generic.hs#L213
>
> while dlist is certainly a nice and stable library, it is still
> relatively specialized, and I would personally not consider it important
> enough to be included in the platform. I’d like the platform to stay a
> selection of packages that people not only can use, but really should
> know about, and use them instead of rolling their own. I’m not sure if
> this holds for dlist – using [a] -> [a] and (.) directly is also good
> practice.

Hi Joachim,

I would call using [a] -> [a] and (.): "rolling your own" and I consider it
bad practise. Code would be easier to understand if it used common names.

> My suggestion is to remove it from aeson, and keep the platform small
> and focused.

I think its best if I remove dlist from aeson and that we discuss its
inclusion into the HP (after next) in a separate proposal.

Sean: care to lead the proposal?

Bas
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