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[project @ 2000-01-24 12:43:45 by rrt] 

Wrote 4.06 release notes and updated version numbers in the rest of the user
guide.
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<Sect1 id="release-4-06">
<Title>Release notes for version&nbsp;4.06&mdash;1/00
</Title>
<Para>
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
User visible changes
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Major library reorganisation. The libraries are now split into 8
categories:
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>concurrent</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Same as the old <literal>concurrent</literal> library
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>data</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Datatypes. Contains old <literal>FiniteMap</literal>
and <literal>Set</literal> modules, and Chris Okasaki's Edison
library.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>lang</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
contains most of the contents of
the old <literal>exts</literal> library
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>net</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
networking-related libraries (Socket, SocketPrim, and
new URI library).
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>num</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
numerical-related libraries (currently empty).
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>posix</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
the old POSIX library
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>text</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
text-processing related libraries (including Andy Gill's
HTML library)
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term><Literal>util</Literal></Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
various miscellaneous libraries, including John Hughes'
and Koen Claessen's QuickCheck library.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
See the accompanying libraries documentation for more details.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Cleanup of concurrent I/O system. We now use non-blocking I/O on
all Handles, so that multiple threads can do I/O simultaneously.
We <Emphasis>don't</Emphasis> however do non-blocking I/O on <Constant>stdout</Constant>/<Constant>stderr</Constant>,
due to reports that some shells don't correctly restore
blocking mode on these file descriptors after running a program.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Exception changes
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
<Function>raiseInThread</Function> can now raise exceptions in threads blocked on I/O or time delays.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
New functions in <literal>Exception</literal>
<ProgramListing>
blockAsyncExceptions :: IO a -> IO a
unblockAsyncExceptions :: IO a -> IO a
</ProgramListing>
used to control the delivery of asynchronous exceptions to
a thread (including those raised via <Function>raiseInThread</Function>).
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Asynchronous exceptions are now blocked by default inside
an exception handler. Use <Function>unblockAsyncExceptions</Function> to
restore the previous behaviour.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Add NetBSD/x86 support.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Added support for <Literal>foreign export dynamic</Literal>.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Minor changes
<ItemizedList>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Build system cleanup&mdash;<Command>BIN_DIST=1</Command> is now needed in <Filename>build.mk</Filename> (before building!) to build binary dists.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
New RTS option <Option>-xc</Option>, which prints the current cost-centre
stack to stderr whenever an exception is raised (only for
profiling builds).
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Not-quite-ready-yet, but in there nontheless
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>
SMP support
</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Building way '<Literal>s</Literal>' on a system with pthreads (only tested on
Linux so far) will include support for running multiple
Haskell threads on several pthreads simultaneously. If
your system supports it, this will enable Haskell programs
to take advantage of multiprocessor SMP machines.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>
GranSim and GUM
</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Initial ports of GranSim and GUM to GHC 4 are in there. Not quite
ready yet.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>
Profiling
</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>
Heap profiling sort-of works. Only cost-centre heap
profiles are supported so far.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Para>
</Sect1>
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<Sect2 id="sec-required"><Title>Software required</Title>
You need two chunks of software other than GHC itself: the Cygwin toolchain, and
Perl. Here's how to get and install them.
<Para>
You need two chunks of software other than GHC itself: the Cygwin toolchain, and Perl. Here's how to get and install them.
</Para>
<Sect3><Title>The cygwin toolchain (beta20.1)</Title>
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Reason: file does not exist /tmp/ghc11068.cpp
</Screen>
We think this is due to a bug in Cygwin.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem>
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<!DOCTYPE BOOK PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [
<!ENTITY license SYSTEM "license.sgml">
<!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.sgml" >
<!ENTITY relnotes SYSTEM "4-04-notes.sgml" >
<!ENTITY relnotes SYSTEM "4-06-notes.sgml" >
<!ENTITY installing SYSTEM "installing.sgml" >
<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.sgml" >
<!ENTITY runtime SYSTEM "runtime_control.sgml" >
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<Book>
<BookInfo>
<Title>The Glasgow Haskell Compiler User's Guide, Version&nbsp;4.04</Title>
<Title>The Glasgow Haskell Compiler User's Guide, Version&nbsp;4.06</Title>
<Author><OtherName>The GHC Team</OtherName></Author>
<Address>
<Email>glasgow-haskell-&lcub;bugs,users&rcub;-request@haskell.org</Email>
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