Request for feedback: deriving strategies syntax

[Baldur Blöndal]

I haven't followed the thread but do we actually need a name for it, can't
it be indicated by omission?
‘default’ or ‘builtin’ sounds okay

2016-08-18 20:00 GMT+00:00 Nicolas Frisby <nicolas.frisby at gmail.com>:

> The Report specifies the semantics of most (all other than Generic?)
> derivation strategies that are baked-in to the compiler.
>
> https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/
> haskellch11.html#x18-18200011
>
> I think this raises an issue of what *exactly* we are currently referring
> to as "bespoke". E.G. can it vary with the precise compiler being used?
> (Maybe your wiki page addresses this; I haven't clicked through.)
>
> But maybe "language-report" would supplant "bespoke". And perhaps
> "GHC-7.8" would also make sense, if the baked-in derivation scheme varies
> from the report's spec? Etc.
>
> HTH. -Nick
>
> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016, 12:24 Elliot Cameron <eacameron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Given the prevalence of spellings like "normalise" in common Haskell
>> packages, we might just be settling on British English. Being American
>> makes that a tad difficult on my end, but personally I can make peace with
>> it.
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Matthew Pickering <
>> matthewtpickering at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I also like 'bespoke' but then it seems to be a much more common in
>>> British English than American English.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Ryan Scott <ryan.gl.scott at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Bardur,
>>> >
>>> > Since you don't like "bespoke", would you mind suggesting an
>>> > alternative, or advocating for a previously mentioned idea? From [1],
>>> > the ideas I've seen tossed around are:
>>> >
>>> > * builtin
>>> > * standard (Elliot Cameron suggested it here [2])
>>> > * wiredin (Cater Schonwald suggested it here [3])
>>> > * magic (Andres Löh suggested it here [4])
>>> > * native
>>> > * original
>>> > * specialized (the above three are ad hoc suggestions I came up with
>>> in a hurry)
>>> >
>>> > Ryan S.
>>> > -----
>>> > [1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/Compiler/
>>> DerivingStrategies#Alternativesyntax
>>> > [2] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-July/012448.html
>>> > [3] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-July/012450.html
>>> > [4] https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/ghc-devs/2016-July/012453.html
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