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| author | Facundo DomÃnguez <facundo.dominguez@tweag.io> | 2014-12-15 09:44:27 -0600 |
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| committer | Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com> | 2014-12-15 09:44:27 -0600 |
| commit | bd0f9e1fad6ab69b5967247b32fd8f9305b064a5 (patch) | |
| tree | 54069a2a3a61cdc6dfe1bd55c35f4c2688a8dea4 | |
| parent | f44333eae7bc7dc7b6003b75874a02445f6b633b (diff) | |
| download | haskell-bd0f9e1fad6ab69b5967247b32fd8f9305b064a5.tar.gz | |
Write release notes for -XStaticPointers.
Test Plan: ./validate
Reviewers: goldfire, austin
Reviewed By: austin
Subscribers: mboes, carter, thomie
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D568
GHC Trac Issues: #7015
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml | 14 |
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml index 9ea0b2b6a9..dc8d9d6cb6 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> + There is a new extension, + <link linkend="static-pointers">StaticPointers</link>, + which allows you to create pointers to expressions which + remain valid accross processes. This is useful for + referencing higher-order values in distributed + systems. The pointers are created with a new keyword + <literal>static</literal> as in + <literal>x = static ("abc" ++ "123") :: StaticPtr String</literal>. + All processes which dereference <literal>x</literal> get the + same result, that is, the body of the static form. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> Added support for <link linkend="binary-literals">binary integer literals</link> </para> </listitem> |