time library dependencies -> Haskell platform standards

[Henning Thielemann]

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009, Bayley, Alistair wrote:

>> From: libraries-bounces at haskell.org
>> [mailto:libraries-bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Duncan Coutts
>>
>>> What are the code standards for the HP libs? I was under
>> the impression
>>> that it was best to maintain H98 compatibility where possible,
>>> especially so for libraries in the old standard libs
>> distribution. I did
>>> a quick search for platform standards but didn't find
>> anything relevant.
>>
>> It's yet to be discussed on this list. Perhaps this is a good
>> opportunity to start that discussion. Do you want to draft a
>> reasonable starting position?

In the HTTP-4000 library there are uses of TypeSynonymInstances which are 
not necessary. They can be avoided by known idioms:
    http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/List_instance