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

[Simon Marlow]

Seems like a good idea to me. I support it.

On Sat, 16 Nov 2019 at 10:26, Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee
<ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org> wrote:

> 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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