<div dir="ltr"><div>Simon's suggestion sounds like the proper thing to do to me too.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The connection between #281 and dependent types is a little superficial, but it #281 mixes the type syntax and the term syntax a bit more (in fact, most of the details in the proposal are about that). The ability to mix types and terms some way or another is central to having more dependent typing. So there is, at the very least, a need for synchronization between the various corresponding proposals. Though, in fact, this visible forall thing is part of the dependent type package that Richard has been working towards. It does fit somewhat naturally in the big picture.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 6:58 AM Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" target="_blank">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I will wait a few more days to see if anyone else expresses an opinion, otherwise I'll do as Simon suggests.<div><br></div><div>Could someone clarify what does #281 have to do with dependent types? The example that was brought up, and I think is pretty reasonable, is `sizeOf` from the `Storbale` class: I might want to write `sizeOf @Bool`. Is the plan to require that dependent types are enabled to write stuff like that?</div><div><br></div><div>-Iavor</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:35 PM Richard Eisenberg <<a href="mailto:rae@richarde.dev" target="_blank">rae@richarde.dev</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I have now submitted #378 for a committee decision (though I will forgive Joachim if he missed the notification among the 200 comments on that thread). So perhaps we can tackle all of this together.<div><br></div><div>Richard<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 8, 2021, at 8:54 AM, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I don't think this proposal is the right place to discuss dependent types, so I propose that we reject the proposal. To ensure progress, I'll do so within a week, so please discuss before then, if you think otherwise.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>I would suggest that rather than “reject” (which sounds like “we don’t want this, don’t resubmit it”), we push it back saying that we agree that it’d be better to settle #378 first. So we we’ll mark it as “needs revision” not because we have anything specific to suggest, but so that it’s back in the author’s control. He should feel free to re-submit (perhaps revised in some way, as he sees fit) once #378 is resolved.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span>Simon<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1.5pt solid blue;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt"><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" target="_blank">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>><span> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>06 March 2021 16:51<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>Simon Peyton Jones <<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" target="_blank">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span> </span>Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>>; ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [ghc-steering-committee] Status<u></u><u></u></span></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hello,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is the author's response to my query:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">So, the situation seems to be as follows:<u></u><u></u></p><ul style="margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,46);box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">if we want dependent types (as described on that Wiki page), I would like to resubmit<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><ul style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm;box-sizing:border-box" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:3pt 0cm 0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(36,41,46);box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">if we do not want them, I will retract the proposal and close it<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I need to know the committee’s stance on dependent types to proceed here.<u></u><u></u></div></blockquote><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I don't think this proposal is the right place to discuss dependent types, so I propose that we reject the proposal. To ensure progress, I'll do so within a week, so please discuss before then, if you think otherwise.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-Iavor<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:02 PM Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">OK, I posted a note on the git-hub, asking @int-index what he wants to do.<u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In case anyone needs a refresher, this is the discussion we had when I submitted this to the committee back in November:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.haskell.org%2Fpipermail%2Fghc-steering-committee%2F2020-November%2F001859.html&data=04%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C0b9f9dd78f934d620c5e08d8e0c0012f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637506462581487239%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2inDHN90f7OQ9XIcd76l50Lwwp6axEUZVdea%2BoRFZzg%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-steering-committee/2020-November/001859.html</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">another somewhat relevant discussion that followed was this:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.haskell.org%2Fpipermail%2Fghc-steering-committee%2F2020-November%2F001865.html&data=04%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C0b9f9dd78f934d620c5e08d8e0c0012f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637506462581497234%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=k4jiWTo11nNFH6zHyw7oYMFfyl0kxkQEsXKSueeC2Mk%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-steering-committee/2020-November/001865.html</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">and here is a link to the proposal and the git-hub discussion:<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fghc-proposals%2Fghc-proposals%2Fpull%2F281&data=04%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C0b9f9dd78f934d620c5e08d8e0c0012f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637506462581497234%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=X7tkk61XrEd9utRxcQjA3Eh3Wi3cDXuJdMae%2BBcx3gM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/281</a><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-Iavor<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 3:13 PM Simon Peyton Jones <<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm"><div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This is about #281 visible dependent quantification.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Our role is to accept, reject, or push back to the author for revision. We should do so in a timely way.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If I were the shepherd I’d be asking the author “Do you want to revise the proposal at all in the light of all the discussion, or do you want the committee to decide yay/nay based on the proposal as it is now?” <span> </span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">He might want to revise/discuss a bit. But if he says “please decide on it as-is” then I think you should make a recommendation: accept or reject. (I don’t think the discussion has led to any specific revisions that we want to see.) <span> </span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I sense you would recommend reject. That’s totally fine. Then the rest of us have to make up our minds. We might end up with a more nuanced position like “we are not ready to accept this now, so if you want a decision now, it’d be no; but feel free to ask the same question again in six months time”.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">If you don’t feel able to be the shepherd, that’s fine too: tell Joachim and he’ll finger someone else!<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">But, by hook or by crook, I do think we should do something, not just sit on it. Tom’s nudge is helpful.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Simon<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1.5pt solid blue;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt"><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>Iavor Diatchki <<a href="mailto:iavor.diatchki@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">iavor.diatchki@gmail.com</a>><span> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>05 March 2021 19:42<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>Simon Peyton Jones <<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span> </span>Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>>; ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [ghc-steering-committee] Status</span><u></u><u></u></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I am being nudged to do something with this proposal, but I am not sure what... Is the rest of the committee OK with moving it back "revisions required", and if so what revisions would we like? <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I would be quite happy if someone else wanted to shephard this. As I mentioned before, I don't have much interest in DH, so I have not followed the really long discussion related to that, and if and how it might relate to #281. <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">My recommendation for the moment would be:<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> * This seems like a useful feature independent of DH, so it would be nice to come up with a concise notation to use the feature on its own, without worrying about DH.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Please let me know what you think, as I am not sure what is the committee's stance on the proposal.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-Iavor<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 1:54 PM Simon Peyton Jones <<a href="mailto:simonpj@microsoft.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">simonpj@microsoft.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt"><div><div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">There has been a broad further discussion.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">What we advertise is that, rather that leave a proposal “under committee review”, we will push it back to the author with an invitation to resubmit when the discussion has died down and they feel ready to submit a proposal, revised in the light of the discussion. That’s different to reject… it means that there is an ongoing debate so it’s not a good time for the committee to make a decision.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br>Simon<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1.5pt solid blue;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt"><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee-bounces@haskell.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee-bounces@haskell.org</a>><span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>Iavor Diatchki<br><b>Sent:</b><span> </span>18 February 2021 16:47<br><b>To:</b><span> </span>Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span> </span>ghc-steering-committee <<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Re: [ghc-steering-committee] Status</span><u></u><u></u></div></div></div><div style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On #381 I think the idea of visible quantification makes sense every now and then, but I don't like the concrete details of the proposal: the magic lifting of terms to types seems quite complicated, and using `type` as an explicit herald doesn't look nice. So I don't think it's the right design, and therefore I suggest we reject the proposal.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I am sure that others would disagree as apparently this is an essential part of dependent Haskell. I have not followed the large discussion that Richard created, as I am not particularly interested in the design being proposed, so perhaps someone else should champion this.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Aslo, I am not sure if I am actually on the committee, as I thought my term had expired? That might be more reason for someone else to pick it up.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-Iavor<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 2:32 AM Joachim Breitner <<a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-style:none none none solid;border-left:1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt;margin:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Committee,<br><br>another status update, because why not.<br><br>A small reminder: These mails have two sections, one that’s a delta<br>since last status, but below is a summary of all proposals we have to<br>act on. Please at least scroll through that on each status mail to see<br>if you are listed, maybe you forgot something (or I made a mistake).<br><br>So here’s the delta since last month.<br><br> * GHC2021 defined! Yay!<br><br> * Bylaws merged! Yay<br><br> * Simon², Iavor, Richard and me had thus their terms expired.<br><br> The Simons, as key members, wanted to continue and were<br> voted back in.<br><br> The others are now “expiring”, until the next nomination round<br> concludes. Alejandro is going to run that process.<br><br> * we were asked to review these proposals:<br> #390: Fine-grained pragmas, Shepherd: Vitaly<br><br> * we have a recommendation from the shepherd about:<br> #368: Warn on prefix/suffix operators (accept)<br><br> * we have sent the following proposals back to revision<br> - none -<br><br> * we decided about the following proposals<br> #313: Delimited continuation primops (accept)<br> #387: The Char kind (accept)<br> #368: Warn on prefix/suffix operators (accept)<br><br>We currently have to act on the following 5 proposals, down by 2.<br><br>## Waiting for committee decision<br><br>#381: Visible 'forall' in types of terms, Shepherd: Iavor<br> Recommendation was to reject, but discussion went into the more<span> </span><br> abstract “whither dependent Haskell”. But what does this mean<br> for this proposal?<br> Iavor, can you pick this up again?<br><br>#369: Add sumToTag# primop, Shepherd: Eric<br> Essentially accepted, waiting for feedback from the author on<br> final tweaks. Eric, care to nudge the author, or just do it?<br><br>#302: \of, Shepherd: Cale<br> No new discussion yet. It seems there was some confusion, which<br> was cleared up by Tom, and Cale said he’ll pick it up now again.<br><br><br>## Waiting for Shepherd action<br><br>#367: Clarify primops using unboxed sums, Shepherd: Simon Marlow<br> Simon said he’d reject it on the Github PR. Still waiting<br> for the discussion to start on the mailing list.<br><br>#390: Fine-grained pragmas, Shepherd: Vitaly<br> Still kinda new, but a recommendation would be good soon.<br><br><br>Cheers,<br>Joachim<br>--<span> </span><br>Joachim Breitner<br> <span> </span><a href="mailto:mail@joachim-breitner.de" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">mail@joachim-breitner.de</a><br> <span> </span><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joachim-breitner.de%2F&data=04%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C0b9f9dd78f934d620c5e08d8e0c0012f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637506462581507230%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gsdKkpp3AhJz2ins9uuctT%2FGf6rr2bScSHFWyX3jFhM%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://www.joachim-breitner.de/</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ghc-steering-committee mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a><br><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.haskell.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fghc-steering-committee&data=04%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C0b9f9dd78f934d620c5e08d8e0c0012f%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637506462581517226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=BY04FgtL9RHpjI6frr%2BOYfxwPkW5yjN2DeRyv2JaKN4%3D&reserved=0" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee</a><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">ghc-steering-committee mailing list</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline"><a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a></span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline"><a href="https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee" target="_blank">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee</a></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div>
_______________________________________________<br>
ghc-steering-committee mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org" target="_blank">ghc-steering-committee@haskell.org</a><br>
<a href="https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-steering-committee</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div>