[commit: ghc] master: Release note blurb. (6e6e6f5)

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commit 6e6e6f5bfdfc3996603064523af6e2be2c5131fa
Author: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
Date:   Sun Sep 22 20:10:31 2013 -0500

    Release note blurb.
    
    GHCi now runs constructors for linked libraries.
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>


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6e6e6f5bfdfc3996603064523af6e2be2c5131fa
 docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index 7db6f31..fa41187 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -429,6 +429,20 @@
                     current search path for Haskell modules.
                </para>
            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+                <para>
+                    The GHCi linker now runs constructors for linked
+                    libraries. This means for example that C code
+                    using
+                    <literal>__attribute__((constructor))</literal>
+                    can now properly be loaded into GHCi.
+               </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    Note: destructors are not supported.
+               </para>
+           </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
     </sect3>