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<p>> Having a 'single source of truth' database will help with
this.</p>
<p>Don't hesitate to make a PR to
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghc-api-compat">https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghc-api-compat</a> so that at least
the DB and the .cabal files live in the same repo.<br>
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<p> I have created this package but I don't use it so anyone should
really feel free to take it over.</p>
<p>Sylvain<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/08/2021 17:46, Ari Fordsham
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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 at 16:43<br>
Subject: Re: GHC Module change database<br>
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<div>It would be nice to generate that from the new
database.</div>
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<div>My main motivation was as follows: There are two
possible paradigms for GHC API compatibility:</div>
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<a
href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghc-api-compat"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ghc-api-compat</a></div>
<div> This allows existing code to (kind of) 'just work' -
but it doesn't help in managing that code as it gets
extended to use new features</div>
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<div>- Export new names to old modules</div>
<div> I am thinking of working on a tool that does this.</div>
<div> You need to rewrite code to use current modules
(maybe <a
href="https://github.com/facebookincubator/retrie/issues/33"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/facebookincubator/retrie/issues/33</a>
will help), but then you can just target the latest API,
and have compatibility built in.</div>
<div> This seems to me better for active codebases.</div>
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<div> Having a 'single source of truth' database will help
with this.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 8 Aug 2021 at
16:36, Vaibhav Sagar <<a
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<div>Have you seen <a
href="https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghc-api-compat"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://gitlab.haskell.org/haskell/ghc-api-compat</a>?</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Vaibhav<br>
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1:34 AM Ari Fordsham <<a
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<div dir="ltr">I've made a database of GHC API
module changes.
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href="https://github.com/AriFordsham/ghc-module-renames"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/AriFordsham/ghc-module-renames</a><br>
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<div>This might be useful for automatic tooling.</div>
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<div>It would be nice if this would be moved
into the GHC Gitlab, and kept up-to-date.</div>
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<div>Ari Fordsham</div>
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