[Haskell] Re: Trying to install binary-0.4

[Isaac Dupree]

Simon Marlow wrote:
> Probably it could be made clearer.  In 4.2 the idea is that instead of 
> replacing
> 
>  base-2.0 ==> base-3.0 + directory-1.0 + array-1.0 + ...
> 
> you would replace
> 
>  base-2.0 ==> newbase-1.0 + directory-1.0 + array-1.0 + ...
> 
> and additionally have a package base-3.0 that re-exports the whole of 
> (newbase + directory + array + ...).

"Macros" in cabal:  Why not just say that depending on base-3.0 actually 
means that you have to depend on newbase-1.0, and directory-1.0, etc... 
Why is compiler support needed?  is it really possible that I still 
don't understand?

Isaac