[commit: ghc] ghc-8.2: relnotes: More updates (f4014d1)
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Repository : ssh://git@git.haskell.org/ghc
On branch : ghc-8.2
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585/ghc
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commit f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date: Thu Jul 20 21:48:01 2017 -0400
relnotes: More updates
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f4014d19319129d95fefdc2bc636062a6b175585
docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst | 17 ++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
index 2f8642e..540d22c 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.2.1-notes.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ performance improvements over the 8.0 branch.
Highlights
----------
-The highlights since the 8.0 release are:
+The highlights since the 8.0 release include:
- A new, more expressive ``Typeable`` mechanism
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ The highlights since the 8.0 release are:
- Compact regions support, allowing efficient garbage collection of large heaps
+- More reliable DWARF debug information
+
Full details
------------
@@ -427,7 +429,7 @@ network.
ghc-prim
~~~~~~~~
-- Version number 0.5.0.0 (was 0.3.1.0)
+- Version number 0.5.1.0 (was 0.3.1.0)
- Added new ``isByteArrayPinned#`` and ``isMutableByteArrayPinned#`` operation.
@@ -452,12 +454,12 @@ integer-gmp
process
~~~~~~~
-- Version number 1.6.0.0 (was 1.4.3.0)
+- Version number 1.6.1.0 (was 1.4.3.0)
template-haskell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Version 2.12.0.0 XXXXX (was 2.11.1.0)
+- Version 2.12.0.0 (was 2.11.1.0)
- Added support for unboxed sums :ghc-ticket:`12478`.
@@ -476,10 +478,15 @@ unix
Win32
~~~~~
-- Version number 2.3.1.1 (was 2.3.1.1)
+- Version number 2.5.4.1 (was 2.3.1.1)
Known bugs
----------
- At least one known program regresses in compile time significantly over 8.0.
See :ghc-ticket:`13535`.
+
+- Some uses of type applications may cause GHC to panic. See :ghc-ticket:`13819`.
+
+- The compiler may loop during typechecking on some modules using
+ :ghc-flag:`-XUndecidableInstances`. See :ghc-ticket:`13943`.
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