[ghc-steering-committee] The 'Char' kind

[Iavor Diatchki]

Presumably the patch contains some documentation in the GHC reference
manual?  I think that and the ticket would probably contain enough
information that one could put together into a proposal, and I think we
should encourage that, as at least we'd have all proposals documented in a
single place.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 1:36 AM Simon Peyton Jones via
ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org> wrote:

> Thanks for alerting us.
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> If it was a few dozen lines I’d wave it through. But this is a 1800-line
> patch.   I’ve commented on the MR.
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> As to process, it sounds like a library issue, but it affects GHC’s code
> base, and quite substantially so.  So I wonder if it might actually be
> salutary to write a proposal. At the same time I don’t want to appear to
> discourage, still less sandbag, this as a contribution to GHC.
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> Simon
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> *From:* ghc-steering-committee <ghc-steering-committee-bounces at haskell.org>
> *On Behalf Of *Richard Eisenberg
> *Sent:* 18 September 2020 20:44
> *To:* Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-steering-committee <
> ghc-steering-committee at haskell.org>
> *Subject:* [ghc-steering-committee] The 'Char' kind
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> Hi GHCSC,
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> Before this committee existed, Alex Vieth submitted #11342 (
> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/11342
> <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fissues%2F11342&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746873922&sdata=NnGZFdf3tP5F93OiKvcZmYrQrRykZ4wixXQ%2FU9xiFIA%3D&reserved=0>),
> requesting a kind `Char`. Serokell has now provided a patch, !3598 (
> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3598
> <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fmerge_requests%2F3598&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746873922&sdata=sM%2BmZ%2FXPGQ8RHxlioFtiUpcw3FBfrQogfnIEudEqhqM%3D&reserved=0>).
> The chair of the CLC has signed off on this patch (
> https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/merge_requests/3598#note_300231
> <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.haskell.org%2Fghc%2Fghc%2F-%2Fmerge_requests%2F3598%23note_300231&data=02%7C01%7Csimonpj%40microsoft.com%7C23e434cc47e14de9ce4708d85c0b3f5b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C637360551746883879&sdata=XHCCmKT1i0DEfFBldTtKlQdHtDt%2F4s%2BuSlMt4HhAE%2Fk%3D&reserved=0>).
> But I feel we should, too.
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> What is a good process here? Just debate amongst ourselves? Post a GitHub
> Issue to call wider attention? Post a proposal? Merge without debate?
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> Richard
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