[ghc-steering-committee] Please review #246: Overloaded Quotations, Shepherd: Simon PJ

[Sandy Maguire]

I'm strongly in support.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 1:21 AM Eric Seidel <eric at seidel.io> wrote:

> I found both parts of the motivation compelling. I'm in support.
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2019, at 06:35, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > never having done much with TH, I usually refrain from commenting on
> > TH-related proposals. But I found the motivation of the proposal, and
> > the solution when viewed from a certain altitude, convincing.
> >
> > I’ll comment there with a quick question why the alternative is bad.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joachim
> >
> >
> > Am Samstag, den 16.11.2019, 10:26 +0000 schrieb Simon Peyton Jones via
> > ghc-steering-committee:
> > > Dear Committee
> > >
> > > For this proposal:
> > >
> > > Overloaded Quotations
> > > has been proposed by Matthew Pickering
> > > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/246
> > >
> https://github.com/mpickering/ghc-proposals/blob/overloaded-proposal/proposals/0000-overloaded-bracket.rst
> > >
> > > I propose that we accept.  As you'll see in the discussion thread I
> have asked Matthew to clarify some issues, but I'd like to get a sense of
> the committee because I don't want him to invest a lot of effort if it'll
> be wasted.
> > >
> > > But I think it all seems like a useful generalisation.  It
> accommodates what we do, and allows us to do more.  This will make a modest
> difference for some, but a very big difference for a few.  As far as I can
> tell, it will -- at worst -- require a bit of API generalisation for some
> users, but perhaps not many, so it scores well on the back-compat front.
> > >
> > > Opinions please.  I rather dislike "silence as assent" because it
> allow us to dodge our responsibility to read proposals and form an
> opinion.  So please express an opinion, even if you want to qualify it by
> saying you are no expert.  Please try to do this within a week, and
> definitely no more than two.
> > >
> > > It's also fine to point to bits of the proposal that you did not
> understand or found hard going.  The proposal will only become stronger if
> it is better presented.
> > >
> > > Add technical questions on the Github thread, and evaluative
> judgements here on the mailing list.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: ghc-steering-committee <
> ghc-steering-committee-bounces at haskell.org>
> > > > On Behalf Of Joachim Breitner
> > > > Sent: 14 November 2019 13:50
> > > > To: ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org
> > > > Subject: [ghc-steering-committee] Please review #246: Overloaded
> > > > Quotations, Shepherd: Simon PJ
> > > >
> > > > Dear Committee,
> > > >
> > > > this is your secretary speaking:
> > > >
> > > > Overloaded Quotations
> > > > has been proposed by Matthew Pickering
> > > > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/pull/246
> > > > https://github.com/mpickering/ghc-proposals/blob/overloaded-
> > > > proposal/proposals/0000-overloaded-bracket.rst
> > > >
> > > > I propose Simon PJ as the shepherd, as it seems he already had some
> in
> > > > depth discussion about this proposal.
> > > >
> > > > Please reach consensus as described in
> > > > https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals#committee-process
> > > > I suggest you make a recommendation, in a new e-mail thread with the
> > > > proposal number in the subject, about the decision, maybe point out
> > > > debatable points, and assume that anyone who stays quiet agrees with
> you.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Joachim
> > > > --
> > > > Joachim Breitner
> > > >   mail at joachim-breitner.de
> > > >   http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> > >
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> > Joachim Breitner
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> >   http://www.joachim-breitner.de/
> >
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