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

[Andy Gill]

The Haskell Equational Reasoning Assistant (HERA) system makes
extensive use of Template Haskell, without it there would be no HERA.
But Template Haskell just works, and works well for our needs.

Andy Gill

On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:40 AM, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:

> 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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