[ghc-steering-committee] Language Extension Policy – Round 1'

[Chris Dornan]

As Joachim says, "Programmers use extensions to _refer_ to a particular feature  when talking/writing/searching about it."

I think this is generally important. The language reports provide the foundations for understanding the language and it is important to have a handle to describe the various departures from it -- at least until a new report around which near universal acceptance can be established. 

I would extend "2. Restrict the use of more complex features" to say "2. Restrict the use of _novel_ and more complex features".  I think many just want to say exactly how they are departing from Haskell 2010, whether those deltas are complex or otherwise.

Chris 

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