ANNOUNCE: GHC 7.10.1 Release Candidate 1

[Dominic Steinitz]

Kazu Yamamoto <kazu <at> iij.ad.jp> writes:

> 
> > No, it is a big change and the merge window is closed now. This question
> > was just asked on reddit:
> > 
http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/2pnjdk/is_overloadedrecordfields_getting_it_into_7101/
> 
> Greg, thank you for this info. But it is really disappointing.
> 
> I was silent about this because it is promised that ORF is included in
> GHC 7.10. If I knew that active feedback was necessary, I could be
> vocal.
> 
> --Kazu
> 

Hi Kazu,

You are not the only one that is disappointed.
Records have long been a wart in Haskell (and by long I 
mean 25+ years).

Perhaps the readers of this list could read the reddit comments
and propose a way forward?

Dominic.