DData, again

[Simon Marlow]

On 02 July 2004 21:28, Alastair Reid wrote:

>> i would prefer that the library had an independent distribution,
>> and can be easily downloaded and experimented with.
> 
> Perhaps it would be a good candidate for the new packaging
> infrastructure? 
> 
> btw Note that distributing it independently doesn't mean that it
> can't live in the main cvs.haskell.org cvs repository.  (The converse
> doesn't appear to be true: if you want it to become part of the
> standard distribs, it probably has to live in cvs.haskell.org just to
> keep it easy for the distrib builders who tend to like to be able to
> create branches, tag the repository when they make a release, etc.)

As far as the main libraries repository goes, I'd like to split this
into two stages:

  1. Bring in Map, Set, IntMap, and IntSet.  I think we're
     all agreed that these are the right thing.

  2. Resolve the outstanding issues regarding overloaded sequences.
     I find Ross's arguments in favour of a Sequence class fairly
     persuasive, but I haven't heard many other comments on the
     subject.

Cheers,
	Simon