Syntax for implicit parameters

[Johan Nordlander]

> Marcin Kowalczyk (qrczak@knm.org.pl) writes:
>> I would like to replace "with" and "dlet" with "let". But SimonPJ
>> said he won't do it in ghc unless Hugs does it too, and Mark P Jones
>> said he won't do it in Hugs now (without deep reasons: no
>> people/hours to do that, and no plans to release next Hugs version
>> this year).
>
> I'd really, really like to see a fresh release of Hugs which includes
> the recently added support for imprecise exception handling (a la
> GHC).  This is what HGL (and Fran) need to work with Hugs.
>
> I volunteer to implement whatever implicit parameter syntax is decided
> in Hugs.
>
>
> --
> Alastair Reid        reid@cs.utah.edu        
> http://www.cs.utah.edu/~reid/

There is really going to be a fresh Hugs release, I'm not sure 
where this other information stems from.  Mark isn't actively 
working on Hugs anymore, but a lot of other people (including 
Alastair, Sigbjorn, Jeff, and myself) are providing bug fixes 
and added features when time permits.  And there really is a 
need for a new release because of this unfortunate 
incompatibility between the Feb 2001 release and HGL/Fran.

The let/dlet/with issue is still open, but there's really 
nothing that precludes anyone from just making a decision.  
Alastair is most welcome to implement something that will make 
Hugs compatible with GHC.

I think a suitable target date for a new release is somewhere in 
early June.

All the best,
Johan