Could iteratee depend on mtl instead of transformers?

Erik de Castro Lopo mle+hs at mega-nerd.com
Mon Nov 16 20:42:08 EST 2009


Valery V. Vorotyntsev wrote:

> Thus, the question is: are there any transformers-specific features
> iteratee package needs, or can it just go with mtl?

I have successful build iteratee by replacing transformers with
mtl in the .cabal file.

> I suspect mtl to be more popular... And actual "popularity" can be
> measured.

Popularity is not the issue. The issue is that we are currently
in a transition from using mtl to using transformers. See:

   http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/libraries/2009-March/011415.html
   http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2009-October/067744.html

Erik
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