GUI Library Task Force

[Simon Marlow]

> I don't think this is compatible with things like adding support
> for the library hierarchy with multiple dots to Haskell 98 as you
> will then be able to write a program that is valid Haskell 98 by
> todays definition but not yesterdays. OTOH if what you mean is
> adding support incrementally to todays *tools* and declaring H98
> with a set of the new features to be Haskell 2 at some point in
> the future then I don't have a problem with that.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that we change the meaning of the
term "Haskell 98": it is, and always will be, defined by the Haskell 98
report.  The idea behind "addenda" to the report is to define a family
of new languages, eg. Haskell 98 + FFI, Haskell 98 + FFI + Exceptions,
and so on. =20

These languages may be incompatible with pure Haskell 98, but compilers
will generally give you the choice between pure Haskell 98 and whatever
extensions are supported.

Cheers,
	Simon