[commit: ghc] ghc-8.6: users-guide: Fill out release highlights (3595949)
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On branch : ghc-8.6
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/359594905e2ce04fbf3fb7fa4e9ecaa9953cb12c/ghc
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commit 359594905e2ce04fbf3fb7fa4e9ecaa9953cb12c
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date: Wed Sep 19 15:28:47 2018 -0400
users-guide: Fill out release highlights
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359594905e2ce04fbf3fb7fa4e9ecaa9953cb12c
docs/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.rst | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.rst
index 13fd354..2a54b41 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.6.1-notes.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@ Highlights
The highlights, since the 8.4.1 release, are:
+- Support for :extension:`QuantifiedConstraints`.
+
+- A new flexible deriving scheme, :extension:`DerivingVia`.
+
+- A new plugin mechanism and support for plugins to modify their effect on GHC's
+ recompilation checking logic.
+
+- :ref:`Valid hole fits <typed-hole-valid-hole-fits>` in error messages.
+
+- A number of syntactic language extensions.
+
- Programs are no longer constrained by the Windows ``MAX_PATH`` file path
length limit. The file path limit is now approximately 32,767 characters. Note
that GHC itself is still somewhat limited due to GCC not supporting file
@@ -231,6 +242,8 @@ Template Haskell
``ghc`` library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- The ``Plugin`` record now has a several new fields for the new source plugins
+ and recompilation checking mechanisms.
``base`` library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -245,8 +258,6 @@ Template Haskell
``ghc-prim`` library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- Version number 0.5.2.1 (was 0.5.2.0)
-
- Added new ``addWordC#`` operation for unsigned addition with carry.
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