<div dir="ltr">This sounds great, especially as the proposer is working on implementing it.  Let's accept!<div><br></div><div>As a procedural note, it seems like if the calling conventions <i>were</i> ever changed (to avoid "rounding up" everything to 64 bits between caller and callee), that that improvement would not need to go through the proposals process.  I.e., it's an implementation detail rather than a user-visible change.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>  -Ryan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 10:40 PM, Joachim Breitner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Committee,<br>
<br>
this is your secretary speaking:<br>
<br>
Small types like `Int8#`/`Word8#` were proposed<br>
<a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/74" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/ghc-<wbr>proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/<wbr>74</a><br>
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I propose Simon Marlow as the Shepherd.<br>
<br>
Simon, please reach consensus as described in<br>
<a href="https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/ghc-<wbr>proposals/ghc-proposals#<wbr>committee-process</a><br>
<br>
I suggest you make a recommendation about the decision, maybe point out<br>
debatable points, and assume that anyone who stays quiet agrees with<br>
you.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Joachim<br>
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Joachim Breitner<br>
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