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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for alerting us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If it was a few dozen lines I’d wave it through. But this is a 1800-line patch. I’ve commented on the MR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As to process, it sounds like a library issue, but it affects GHC’s code base, and quite substantially so. So I wonder if it might actually be salutary to write a proposal. At the same time I don’t
want to appear to discourage, still less sandbag, this as a contribution to GHC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee-bounces@haskell.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Eisenberg<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 18 September 2020 20:44<br>
<b>To:</b> Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ghc-steering-committee] The 'Char' kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi GHCSC,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Before this committee existed, Alex Vieth submitted #11342 (<a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fissues%2F11342&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746873922&sdata=NnGZFdf3tP5F93OiKvcZmYrQrRykZ4wixXQ%2FU9xiFIA%3D&reserved=0">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/11342</a>),
requesting a kind `Char`. Serokell has now provided a patch, !3598 (<a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fmerge_requests%2F3598&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746873922&sdata=sM%2BmZ%2FXPGQ8RHxlioFtiUpcw3FBfrQogfnIEudEqhqM%3D&reserved=0">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3598</a>).
The chair of the CLC has signed off on this patch (<a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fmerge_requests%2F3598%23note_300231&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746883879&sdata=XHCCmKT1i0DEfFBldTtKlQdHtDt%2F4s%2BuSlMt4HhAE%2Fk%3D&reserved=0">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3598#note_300231</a>).
But I feel we should, too.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is a good process here? Just debate amongst ourselves? Post a GitHub Issue to call wider attention? Post a proposal? Merge without debate?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richard<o:p></o:p></p>
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