suggestion: add a .ehs file type

[Alex Jacobson]

For people like Lennart, perhaps the correct answer is a compiler flag 
that enumerates the extensions used as a warning.  The warning should be 
enough to help him keep the extensions to a minimum.

-Alex-



Lennart Augustsson wrote:
> I'm very much in favor of listing the exact extensions used in each 
> file, because I try to keep them to a minimum.
> I would like to see a LANGUAGE Haskell' which includes the things that 
> are likely to be in Haskell' (if there is ever a Haskell').
> 
>   -- Lennart
> 
> On Nov 20, 2007 9:42 PM, Alex Jacobson <alex at alexjacobson.com 
> <mailto:alex at alexjacobson.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I'm fine with that as well.  I'm just opposed to being force to look up
>     the precise names the compiler happens to use for each language
>     extension I happen to use.  Having -fglasgow-exts turned on by default
>     also works.
> 
>     -Alex-
> 
>     Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:
>      > Am Dienstag, 20. November 2007 22:15 schrieb Alex Jacobson:
>      >> .ehs stands for extended haskell and encapsulates the 90% case
>     of people
>      >> just wanting -fglasgow-exts with a minimum of fuss.
>      >>
>      >> Having a filetype seesm better than the alternatives of either
>     adding
>      >> boilerplate language/options pragmas to the top of your source
>     files or
>      >> putting them in a cabal file.
>      >>
>      >> -Alex-
>      >
>      > And if a new Haskell standard is released, we have to rename lots
>     of files
>      > from *.ehs to *.hs. :-(
>      >
>      > Extended Haskell is Haskell in a different version.  So it's
>     still Haskell and
>      > should be put into *.hs files.
>      >
>      > Best wishes,
>      > Wolfgang
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