bug documentation [was: Re: problem compiling with profiling]

[Frederik Eaton]

> Template Haskell doesn't work with profiling, I'm afraid (for the
> same reason that you can't load profiled object code into GHCi). I
> thought we had an open bug on this, but I couldn't find one, so I
> just created one:
>
> http://cvs.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/651

Writing a large program which relies on some library or some feature
of ghc that is expected to be stable, or at least to not conflict with
other features; and then finding out after considerable effort has
been spent that there is some catch which prevents my program from
being as useful as anticipated, or even useful at all - this is a
frustrating experience that I've had several times now.

I think it might be reasonable to expect the ghc documentation to
contain better and more up-to-date information about what is and what
isn't currently supported, so that users can avoid wasting their time
as I have. As grateful as I am for the work that is being carried on
here, sometimes I would like to be able to see projects through to
completion without becoming involved in the ghc development process. 
Furthermore, it seems that better documentation of open bugs could
also be of use to people who *do* want to become involved...

Frederik