[Template-haskell] Any chances of having TH included in Haskell II?

[Simon Peyton-Jones]

Hi Alfonso

GHC is an open-source project, so anyone can enhance or maintain it.  It's used by thousands of people, so I think it'll continue to attract developers who are prepared to help support it.  For myself, I certainly to expect to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.

Template Haskell is part of GHC -- it's not a separate program.   I always wonder how many people use TH.  The TH mailing list is quite quiet.  There aren't many bug reports, but that could always be because it just works.  A couple of talks here at the Haskell Workshop have mentioned they use TH, which I didn't know about.

So TH is one of the less-heavily-used parts of GHC, although I think there are a bunch of users who rely on it. Nevertheless, I'd expect it to continue working as long as GHC does.

Does that help?

Simon

| -----Original Message-----
| From: template-haskell-bounces at haskell.org [mailto:template-haskell-
| bounces at haskell.org] On Behalf Of Alfonso Acosta
| Sent: 01 October 2007 13:51
| To: template-haskell at haskell.org
| Subject: [Template-haskell] Any chances of having TH included in Haskell II?
|
| Hi,
|
| I recently developed an embedded DSL compiler making use of TH (and my
| plan is to continue with its development). However, my employers are
| naturally concerned about the long-term support of Template Haskell.
|
| I've been trying to gather some information about it, but I don't seem
| to find any opened tickets in haskell-prime.
|
| Can anyone confirm if there are any plans of including Template
| Haskell in the next standard and/or any information regarding
| long-term support?
|
| Best Regards,
|
| Alfonso Acosta
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