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== -XMonoLocalBinds == | == -XMonoLocalBinds == | ||
If you use -XGADTs or -XTypeFamilies (or -fglasgow-exts, which is deprecated) you get -XMonoLocalBinds, which says that local let/where bindings are not auto-generalised. There's | If you use -XGADTs or -XTypeFamilies (or -fglasgow-exts, which is deprecated) you get -XMonoLocalBinds, which says that local let/where bindings are not auto-generalised. There's a blog post that explains the change, and what do to about it: | ||
* http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/blog/LetGeneralisationInGhc7 | |||
== base 3 goes away == | == base 3 goes away == | ||
Revision as of 00:45, 30 September 2010
A list of common problems upgrading packages to GHC 7.
If you maintain packages, this is for you.
-XMonoLocalBinds
If you use -XGADTs or -XTypeFamilies (or -fglasgow-exts, which is deprecated) you get -XMonoLocalBinds, which says that local let/where bindings are not auto-generalised. There's a blog post that explains the change, and what do to about it:
base 3 goes away
There is no base 3 now, after being deprecated for several years, so dependencies on base 3 won't compile with GHC 7.
Quasiquotation data constructor modified
The QuasiQuoter constructor now takes four arguments instead of 2. (quoteType and quoteDec were added). One solution: use record syntax to set only the quoters you provide. This allows code to remain backwards compatible.
Quasiquotation: [$foo|...|] -> [foo|...|]
Quasiquoter invocation no longer requires/allows a leading dollar sign.
The binary library shipped with the compiler is renamed ghc-binary
If your package expects to see binary, the correct thing is to build and install an external version. However, you will need a version newer than 0.5.0.2, which was the current version in hackage when this was written.
Required library versions
A list of libraries and their earliest (known) GHC 7 ready version:
- network >= 2.2.1.8
- mtl >= 1.1.1.0
- quickcheck >= 2.3.0.2
- stringsearch >= 0.3.2