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| author | David Feuer <David.Feuer@gmail.com> | 2014-10-30 11:50:58 -0500 |
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| committer | Austin Seipp <austin@well-typed.com> | 2014-10-30 11:50:58 -0500 |
| commit | 578bc0035a58d254e97e94eefcab88f3d74c7537 (patch) | |
| tree | 8048e90adb08b1c5bef11925efbc2878090b13e2 /docs | |
| parent | c6d4ae6f437fb041ea70f3d2b4f7f0d03ff797bf (diff) | |
| download | haskell-578bc0035a58d254e97e94eefcab88f3d74c7537.tar.gz | |
Add notes on change to hGetContents semantics
Summary:
Additionally, move Unicode 7.0 update notice from the compiler
section to the base libraries section.
Reviewers: austin
Reviewed By: austin
Subscribers: thomie, carter, simonmar
Projects: #ghc
Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D401
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml index 3ca5112a9f..fa7ad1a756 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/7.10.1-notes.xml @@ -66,12 +66,6 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> - GHC has had its internal Unicode database for - parsing updated to the Unicode 7.0 standard. - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> GHC now checks that all the language extensions required for the inferred type signatures are explicitly enabled. This means that if any of the type signatures inferred in your @@ -212,6 +206,22 @@ echo "[]" > package.conf Version number XXXXX (was 4.7.0.0) </para> </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + GHC has had its internal Unicode database for + parsing updated to the Unicode 7.0 standard. + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Attempting to access a portion of the result of + <literal>System.IO.hGetContents</literal> that was not yet + read when the handle was closed now throws an exception. + Previously, a lazy read from a closed handle would simply + end the result string, leading to silent or delayed + failures. + </para> + </listitem> </itemizedlist> </sect3> |