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+ | <ul><li><p><em>Haskell XML Toolbox 7.0</em>. Uwe Schmidt |
| − | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/ |
+ | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/14487 released] a new version of the [http://www.fh-wedel.de/~si/HXmlToolbox/index.html Haskell XML Toolbox]. New in 7.0 is a module for XSLT transformation. The XSLT module implements most of the XSLT standard. The development of the XSLT module is done by Tim Walkenhost in his master thesis, describing the design of the transformer (and the limitations) is included in the distribution. HXT 7.0 works with ghc-6.4 and ghc-6.6. [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/HXT A tutorial] is available in the Haskell wiki.</p></li> |
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+ | <li><p><em>Hac: Haskell Hackathon 2007</em>. The Hac organisers |
| − | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/ |
+ | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/14489 announced] that the inaugural Haskell Hackathon, [http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac_2007 Hac 2007], will be held at Oxford University Computing Laboratory, January 10-12, 2007. The plan is to hack on Haskell infrastructure, tools, libraries and compilers. To attend please register, and get ready to hack those lambdas!</p></li> |
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+ | <li><p><em>System.FilePath 0.11</em>. Neil Mitchell |
| + | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/14485 announced] the release of [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~ndm/projects/libraries.php#filepath System.FilePath 0.11], a library for manipulating FilePath's correctly on both Posix and Windows.</p></li> |
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| − | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.glasgow.user/11192 mentioned] that for some time he has been promising an overhaul of GHC's type inference machinery to fix the interactions between type classes and GADTs. This overhaul has now been completed, and user-visible changes are summarised, including: GHC's type inference becomes complete, the restriction that every constraint in a type signature must mention at least one of the quantified type variables is lifted, dictionaries are packaged in data constructors and the proper interaction between GADTs and type classes is now respected.</p></li> |
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+ | <li><p><em>Darcs release candidate</em>. Tommy Pettersson |
| − | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp. |
+ | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.darcs.devel/5010 announced] it's time for a new darcs release candidate, 1.0.9rc2. There will probably be yet another release candidate (rc3) before final 1.0.9. Get testing!</p></li> |
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+ | <li><p><em>Safe library 0.1</em>. Neil Mitchell |
| + | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/14475 announced] the release of [http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~ndm/projects/libraries.php#safe Safe library, 0.1]. People often have a problem with pattern match errors, and the only helpful message they get is: 'pattern match error'. The Safe library hopes to eliminate some of the frustration this causes by providing versions of these partial functions with more helpful error messages.</p></li> |
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| − | [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/16454/focus=16454 mentioned] that now [http://haskell.org/ghc GHC 6.6] is available on the shootout machines, the time has come to improve the existing [http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ language shootout] entries. Improvements can be posted to the [http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Great_language_shootout wiki] for review.</p></li></ul> |
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| + | <li><p><em>LocH, located errors 0.1</em>. Don Stewart |
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| + | [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.general/14475 announced] the release of LocH, a small Haskell module providing source location-specific error messages and debugging strings for Haskell code. It uses the compiler-expanded 'assert' token, rather than cpp or m4, to provide a lightweight approach to generating source locations. No preprocessor is required. More information is available at [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/loch.html the LocH site], including [http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~dons/loch/Debug-Trace-Location.html API documentation].</p></li> |
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| + | <li><p><em>Starting your own Haskell project</em>. Jason Dagit and Don Stewart |
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| + | [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cafe/16689/focus=16689 expanded] on the document describing how best to [http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/How_to_write_a_Haskell_program set up a new Haskell project], leading to the creation of [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cabal.devel/269 mkcabal],a new tool for setting up cabalised Haskell projects.</p></li></ul> |
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Revision as of 12:40, 22 November 2006
2006-11-22
Haskell XML Toolbox 7.0. Uwe Schmidt released a new version of the Haskell XML Toolbox. New in 7.0 is a module for XSLT transformation. The XSLT module implements most of the XSLT standard. The development of the XSLT module is done by Tim Walkenhost in his master thesis, describing the design of the transformer (and the limitations) is included in the distribution. HXT 7.0 works with ghc-6.4 and ghc-6.6. A tutorial is available in the Haskell wiki.
Hac: Haskell Hackathon 2007. The Hac organisers announced that the inaugural Haskell Hackathon, Hac 2007, will be held at Oxford University Computing Laboratory, January 10-12, 2007. The plan is to hack on Haskell infrastructure, tools, libraries and compilers. To attend please register, and get ready to hack those lambdas!
System.FilePath 0.11. Neil Mitchell announced the release of System.FilePath 0.11, a library for manipulating FilePath's correctly on both Posix and Windows.
Darcs release candidate. Tommy Pettersson announced it's time for a new darcs release candidate, 1.0.9rc2. There will probably be yet another release candidate (rc3) before final 1.0.9. Get testing!
Safe library 0.1. Neil Mitchell announced the release of Safe library, 0.1. People often have a problem with pattern match errors, and the only helpful message they get is: 'pattern match error'. The Safe library hopes to eliminate some of the frustration this causes by providing versions of these partial functions with more helpful error messages.
LocH, located errors 0.1. Don Stewart announced the release of LocH, a small Haskell module providing source location-specific error messages and debugging strings for Haskell code. It uses the compiler-expanded 'assert' token, rather than cpp or m4, to provide a lightweight approach to generating source locations. No preprocessor is required. More information is available at the LocH site, including API documentation.
Starting your own Haskell project. Jason Dagit and Don Stewart expanded on the document describing how best to set up a new Haskell project, leading to the creation of mkcabal,a new tool for setting up cabalised Haskell projects.