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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst index 4f3b5afaf2..de76f784b8 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst @@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ Compiler on the GHC wiki for the current status, project roadmap, build instructions and demos. +- GHC now offers a new flag, :ghc-flag:`-fprefer-byte-code`, which instructs + the compiler to to use byte-code when available when loading home package + modules for execution (e.g. when evaluating TH splices). This avoids the + considerable code generation and linking costs of native code, which is often + unnecessary for one-off Template Haskell splices. + - The :extension:`TypeInType` is now marked as deprecated. Its meaning has been included in :extension:`PolyKinds` and :extension:`DataKinds`. |