From 4dd1af777d51f5a3d627f624d574528599fde376 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: simonm <unknown>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 13:02:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [project @ 1998-02-09 13:02:19 by simonm] added stuff about
library re-organisation.
---
ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
index c5fd50a0f0b3..342f46cf0a2f 100644
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/3-01-notes.vsgml
@@ -46,4 +46,43 @@ Changes made since 3.00:
Assertions are a Glasgow extension, so -fglasgow-exts is
needed to use them.
+<item> Library re-organisation: all libraries now live under ghc/lib,
+which has the following structure:
+
+<tscreen> <verb>
+ ghc/lib/std -- all prelude files (libHS.a)
+ ghc/lib/std/cbits
+
+ ghc/lib/exts -- standard Hugs/GHC extensions (libHSexts.a)
+ -- available with '-fglasgow-exts'
+
+ ghc/lib/posix -- POSIX library (libHSposix.a)
+ ghc/lib/posix/cbits -- available with '-syslib posix'
+
+ ghc/lib/misc -- used to be hslibs/ghc (libHSmisc.a)
+ ghc/lib/misc/cbits -- available with '-syslib misc'
+
+ ghc/lib/concurrent -- Concurrent libraries (libHSconc.a)
+ -- available with '-concurrent'
+</verb> </tscreen>
+
+Also, several non-standard prelude modules had their names changed to begin
+with 'Prel' to reduce namespace pollution.
+
+<tscreen> <verb>
+ Addr ==> PrelAddr (Addr interface available in 'exts')
+ ArrBase ==> PrelArr
+ CCall ==> PrelCCall (CCall interface available in 'exts')
+ ConcBase ==> PrelConc
+ GHCerr ==> PrelErr
+ Foreign ==> PrelForeign (Foreign interface available in 'exts')
+ GHC ==> PrelGHC
+ IOHandle ==> PrelHandle
+ IOBase ==> PrelIOBase
+ GHCmain ==> PrelMain
+ STBase ==> PrelST
+ Unsafe ==> PrelUnsafe
+ UnsafeST ==> PrelUnsafeST
+</verb> </tscreen>
+
</itemize>
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