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Move to typed quotes
This allows the splices provided by gitrev to be included in typed
TH quotes. Moreover, they greatly clarify the interfaces.
This change should of course be accompanied by a major version bump.
Sorry for the delay on this; a mail filter gone awry hid messages about this repo from me for months.
Are the typed TH splices documented anywhere? This is the first I've seen them, and only the syntax appears to be described in the user's guide. Will this break compatibility with older GHCs?
Sadly the documentation for typed quotes is a bit lacking. Typed quotes were introduced around 2013. I believe the first GHC release which it appeared in was 7.8.1.
So I suppose the answer is yes, this will have implications on older GHCs.
"Adam C. Foltzer" [email protected] writes:
Sorry for the delay on this; a mail filter gone awry hid messages about this repo from me for months.
Are the typed TH splices documented anywhere?
Sadly there is relatively little discussion in the users guide. Moreover, it all seems to be hidden away in https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/master/users-guide//glasgow_exts.html#th-syntax
This is the first I've seen them, and only the syntax appears to be described in the user's guide. Will this break compatibility with older GHCs?
Typed splices were introduced in GHC 7.8. In general I quite like typed splices as they eliminate much of the fragility associated with TH, but I can understand if this is too much breakage to endure for a relatively modest improvement in safety.