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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.4.2-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.4.2-notes.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7002caae0d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/users_guide/8.4.2-notes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.. _release-8-4-2: + +Release notes for version 8.4.2 +=============================== + +TODO + +Highlights +---------- + +The highlights, since the 8.4.1 release, are: + +- TODO + + +Full details +------------ + + +Language +~~~~~~~~ + +- Fix a regression in which derived `Read` instances for record data types + with field names ending with `#` (by way of :ghc-flag:`-XMagicHash`) would + no longer parse valid output. + +Compiler +~~~~~~~~ + + +Runtime system +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +Template Haskell +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +``ghc`` library +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +``base`` library +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- Add the `readFieldHash` function to `GHC.Read` which behaves like + `readField`, but for a field that ends with a `#` symbol. + +Build system +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + + +Included libraries +------------------ + +The package database provided with this distribution also contains a number of +packages other than GHC itself. See the changelogs provided with these packages +for further change information. + +.. ghc-package-list:: + + libraries/array/array.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/base/base.cabal: Core library + libraries/binary/binary.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/bytestring/bytestring.cabal: Deppendency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/Cabal/Cabal/Cabal.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc-pkg`` utility + libraries/containers/containers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/deepseq/deepseq.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/directory/directory.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/filepath/filepath.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + compiler/ghc.cabal: The compiler itself + libraries/ghci/ghci.cabal: The REPL interface + libraries/ghc-boot/ghc-boot.cabal: Internal compiler library + libraries/ghc-compact/ghc-compact.cabal: Core library + libraries/ghc-prim/ghc-prim.cabal: Core library + libraries/haskeline/haskeline.cabal: Dependency of ``ghci`` executable + libraries/hpc/hpc.cabal: Dependency of ``hpc`` executable + libraries/integer-gmp/integer-gmp.cabal: Core library + libraries/mtl/mtl.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/parsec/parsec.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/process/process.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/template-haskell/template-haskell.cabal: Core library + libraries/text/text.cabal: Dependency of ``Cabal`` library + libraries/time/time.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/transformers/transformers.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/unix/unix.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/Win32/Win32.cabal: Dependency of ``ghc`` library + libraries/xhtml/xhtml.cabal: Dependency of ``haddock`` executable |