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| author | Jan Stolarek <jan.stolarek@p.lodz.pl> | 2013-09-19 10:50:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Jan Stolarek <jan.stolarek@p.lodz.pl> | 2013-09-19 10:50:10 +0100 |
| commit | 4916552952f58f5f68b120efb52216256f63f8d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7597f664d274a9b8c5749af7e547bf1f9c75cb2d /docs | |
| parent | 291cb851cf9daa789b9980f938c3a3e07336f5b0 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-4916552952f58f5f68b120efb52216256f63f8d8.tar.gz | |
Update release notes for new comparison primops
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml index ad3bb87858..2d030dbd46 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.8.1-notes.xml @@ -154,14 +154,11 @@ <para> PrimOps for comparing unboxed values now return <literal>Int#</literal> instead of <literal>Bool</literal>. - New PrimOps' names end with <literal>$#</literal> for operators and - <literal>I#</literal> for ordinary names, e.g. <literal>==$#</literal> - compares <literal>Int#</literal>s for equality and - <literal>eqCharI#</literal> does the same for <literal>Char#</literal>s. - Old PrimOps have been removed and turned into wrappers. See + This change is backwards incompatible. See <ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/NewPrimopsInGHC7.8"> this GHC wiki page</ulink> for instructions how to update your - existing code. + existing code. See <ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/PrimBool"> + here</ulink> for motivation and discussion of implementation details. </para> </listitem> |