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authorAustin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>2014-01-22 16:24:32 -0600
committerAustin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>2014-01-22 16:24:32 -0600
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Also mention Pattern Synonyms (but with a FIXME)
Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com>
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<listitem>
<para>
+ GHC now supports pattern synonyms, enabled by the
+ <literal>-XPatternSynonym</literal> extension,
+ allowing you to name and abstract over patterns more
+ easily.
+
+ For more information, see TODO FIXME.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
There has been significant overhaul of the type
inference engine and constraint solver, meaning it
should be faster and less memory intensive.