[commit: ghc] ghc-7.2: Add a few release note highlights (5290d4b)
Ian Lynagh
igloo at earth.li
Wed Aug 3 23:33:28 CEST 2011
Repository : ssh://darcs.haskell.org//srv/darcs/ghc
On branch : ghc-7.2
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/5290d4b8bbd68514f997c48f4f9f8429ff867b49
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commit 5290d4b8bbd68514f997c48f4f9f8429ff867b49
Author: Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li>
Date: Wed Aug 3 21:34:59 2011 +0100
Add a few release note highlights
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docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
docs/users_guide/parallel.xml | 2 +-
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
index 48850ad..58ded15 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,38 @@
<para>
The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are
listed in the following sections. There have also been numerous bug
- fixes and performance improvements over the 7.0 branch.
+ fixes and performance improvements over the 7.0 branch. The 7.2
+ branch is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than normal
+ GHC stable branches.
</para>
<sect2>
+ <title>Highlights</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DPH support (<xref linkend="dph" />) has been significantly
+ improved.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new feature Safe Haskell (<xref linkend="safe-haskell" />)
+ has been implemented.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It is now possible to write compiler plugins
+ (<xref linkend="compiler-plugins" />).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
<title>Language changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml b/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
index b8e7316..05092bc 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ nfib n | n <= 1 = 1
parallel <literal>map</literal>.</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2><title>Data Parallel Haskell</title>
+<sect2 id="dph"><title>Data Parallel Haskell</title>
<para>GHC includes experimental support for Data Parallel Haskell (DPH). This code
is highly unstable and is only provided as a technology preview. More
information can be found on the corresponding <ulink
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