[commit: ghc] master: Update release notes for new comparison primops (4916552)
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On branch : master
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/4916552952f58f5f68b120efb52216256f63f8d8/ghc
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commit 4916552952f58f5f68b120efb52216256f63f8d8
Author: Jan Stolarek <jan.stolarek at p.lodz.pl>
Date: Thu Sep 19 10:50:10 2013 +0100
Update release notes for new comparison primops
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4916552952f58f5f68b120efb52216256f63f8d8
docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
index ad3bb87..2d030db 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml
@@ -154,14 +154,11 @@
<para>
PrimOps for comparing unboxed values now return
<literal>Int#</literal> instead of <literal>Bool</literal>.
- New PrimOps' names end with <literal>$#</literal> for operators and
- <literal>I#</literal> for ordinary names, e.g. <literal>==$#</literal>
- compares <literal>Int#</literal>s for equality and
- <literal>eqCharI#</literal> does the same for <literal>Char#</literal>s.
- Old PrimOps have been removed and turned into wrappers. See
+ This change is backwards incompatible. See
<ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/NewPrimopsInGHC7.8">
this GHC wiki page</ulink> for instructions how to update your
- existing code.
+ existing code. See <ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/PrimBool">
+ here</ulink> for motivation and discussion of implementation details.
</para>
</listitem>
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