Proposal: Add exception info

[Brandon Allbery]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:03 AM, Gershom B <gershomb at gmail.com> wrote:

> However, it should be the case that we can take e.g. Michael’s proposal,
> turn it into an experimental library, including exports of a few key base
> functions but now using this new exception approach, and just toss it on
> hackage. At that point, people can download and experiment with it, or
> attempt to modify it and hack on it to try out some variations. This isn’t
> the same as trying it all out _in base_ but it will let people experiment
> with various approaches, and come to a clearer conclusion on what the
> tradeoffs are. After some time where people can try the various approaches
> as experiments, we can revisit a discussion on which, if any, should move
> into the default base implementation.


Maybe include an alternative Prelude, (mostly?) compatible with the base
one but using the new functions.

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