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

[Spiwack, Arnaud]

I don't know much of Template Haskell, but from my standpoint, it looks
like an API improvement. The costs appear to be minimal. So I support too.

On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:52 PM Richard Eisenberg <rae at richarde.dev> wrote:

> Yes -- I support.
>
> Richard
>
> On Nov 18, 2019, at 8:09 AM, Simon Marlow <marlowsd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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