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<!--
<sect2>
<title>
Libraries
</title>
<itemizedlist>
</itemizedlist>
<sect3>
<title>
array
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.3.0.2 (was 0.3.0.1)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
base
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 4.3.0.0 (was 4.2.0.2)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new asynchronous exception control API
in
<literal>
Control.Exception
</literal>
, using the
new functions
<literal>
mask :: ((forall a. IO a -> IO a) -> IO b) -> IO b
</literal>
and
<literal>
mask_ :: IO a -> IO a
</literal>
rather than the old
<literal>
block
</literal>
and
<literal>
unblock
</literal>
.
There are also functions
<literal>
uninterruptibleMask :: ((forall a. IO a -> IO a) -> IO b) -> IO b
</literal>
and
<literal>
getMaskingState :: IO MaskingState
</literal>
,
and a type
<literal>
MaskingState
</literal>
, as well as
<literal>
forkIOUnmasked :: IO () -> IO ThreadId
</literal>
in
<literal>
Control.Concurrent
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>
Control.Monad
</literal>
exports a new function
<literal>
void :: Functor f => f a -> f ()
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>
Data.Tuple
</literal>
exports a new function
<literal>
swap :: (a,b) -> (b,a)
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>
System.IO
</literal>
exports a new function
<literal>
hGetBufSome :: Handle -> Ptr a -> Int -> IO Int
</literal>
which is like
<literal>
hGetBuf
</literal>
but can
return short reads.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new function
<literal>
mfilter :: MonadPlus m => (a -> Bool) -> m a -> m a
</literal>
in
<literal>
Control.Monad
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
Foreign.Marshal
</literal>
module now
exports
<literal>
unsafeLocalState :: IO a -> a
</literal>
as specified by Haskell 2010.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal></literal>
module now exports four new functions specified by
Haskell 2010:
<literal>
castCUCharToChar :: CUChar -> Char
</literal>
,
<literal>
castCharToCUChar :: Char -> CUChar
</literal>
,
<literal>
castCSCharToChar :: CSChar -> Char
</literal>
and
<literal>
castCharToCSChar :: Char -> CSChar
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
Foreign.Marshal.Alloc
</literal>
module now exports
<literal>
allocaBytesAligned :: Int -> Int -> (Ptr a -> IO b) -> IO b
</literal>
for allocating memory with a particular alignment.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new function
<literal>
numSparks :: IO Int
</literal>
in
<literal>
GHC.Conc
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>
Data.Either.partitionEithers
</literal>
in now lazier.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is now a
<literal>
Typeable
</literal>
instance for
<literal>
Data.Unique.Unique
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>
Control.Concurrent.SampleVar.SampleVar
</literal>
is now an abstract type.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There are now
<literal>
Applicative
</literal>
,
<literal>
Alternative
</literal>
and
<literal>
MonadPlus
</literal>
instances for
<literal>
STM
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There are now
<literal>
Applicative
</literal>
,
<literal>
Monad
</literal>
and
<literal>
MonadFix
</literal>
instances for
<literal>
Either
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There are now
<literal>
Ord
</literal>
,
<literal>
Read
</literal>
and
<literal>
Show
</literal>
instances for
<literal>
Newline
</literal>
and
<literal>
NewlineMode
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is now a
<literal>
Show
</literal>
instance for
<literal>
TextEncoding
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
unGetChan
</literal>
and
<literal>
isEmptyChan
</literal>
functions in
<literal>
Control.Concurrent.Chan
</literal>
are now
deprecated.
<literal>
Control.Concurrent.STM.TChan
</literal>
should be used instead if you need that
functionality.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
Read Integer
</literal>
instance now
matches the standard definition.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
base 3 compat
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
We no longer ship a base 3 compat package
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
bin-package-db
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
This is an internal package, and should not be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
bytestring
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.9.1.8 (was 0.9.1.7)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
Cabal
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.9.2 (was 1.8.0.6)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Many API changes. See the Cabal docs for more information.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
containers
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.4.0.0 (was 0.3.0.0)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Strictness is now more consistent, with containers
being strict in their elements even in singleton
cases.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new function
<literal>
insertLookupWithKey'
</literal>
in
<literal>
Data.Map
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
foldWithKey
</literal>
function in
<literal>
Data.Map
</literal>
has been deprecated in
favour of
<literal>
foldrWithKey
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
directory
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.1.0.0 (was 1.0.1.1)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
System.Directory
</literal>
module
now exports the
<literal>
Permissions
</literal>
type
abstractly. There are also new functions
<literal>
setOwnerReadable
</literal>
,
<literal>
setOwnerWritable
</literal>
,
<literal>
setOwnerExecutable
</literal>
and
<literal>
setOwnerSearchable
</literal>
, and
a new value
<literal>
emptyPermissions
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
dph
(dph-base, dph-par, dph-prim-interface, dph-prim-par,
dph-prim-seq, dph-seq)
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
All the dph packages are version 0.4.0.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
extensible-exceptions
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.1.1.2 (was 0.1.1.1)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
filepath
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.2.0.0 (was 1.1.0.4)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The current directory is now
<literal>
"."
</literal>
rather than
<literal>
""
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
ghc-binary
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
This is an internal package, and should not be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
ghc-prim
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
This is an internal package, and should not be used.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
haskell98
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.1.0.0 (was 1.0.1.1)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
In the
<literal>
Directory
</literal>
module, the
<literal>
Permissions
</literal>
type and the
<literal>
getPermissions
</literal>
and
<literal>
setPermissions
</literal>
functions are now
different to their equivalents in
<literal>
base:System.Directory
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
haskell2010
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
This is a new boot package, version 1.0.0.0.
It is not exposed by default.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
hpc
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.5.0.6 (was 0.5.0.5)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
integer-gmp
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 0.2.0.2 (was 0.2.0.1)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
old-locale
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
No change (version 1.0.0.2)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
old-time
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.0.0.6 (was 1.0.0.5)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
pretty
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.0.1.2 (was 1.0.1.1)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
process
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.0.1.4 (was 1.0.1.3)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
random
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.0.0.3 (was 1.0.0.2)
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
syb
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The syb package is no longer included with GHC.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
template-haskell
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 2.5.0.0 (was 2.4.0.1)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new type synonym
<literal>
DecsQ
</literal>
in
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Lib
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new
<literal>
StringPrimL
</literal>
constructor in
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Lit
</literal>
,
and a new helper function
<literal>
stringPrimL
</literal>
for it in
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Lib
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new function
<literal>
quoteFile
</literal>
in
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Quote
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Quote.QuasiQuoter
</literal>
type has two new fields:
<literal>
quoteType
</literal>
and
<literal>
quoteDec
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There is a new
<literal>
ClassInstance
</literal>
type in
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax
</literal>
.
The
<literal>
Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Info.ClassI
</literal>
constructor now includes a value of this type, which
allows instance information to be queried via the
new
<literal>
isClassInstance
</literal>
and
<literal>
classInstances
</literal>
functions.
There is also a new method
<literal>
qClassInstances
</literal>
in the
<literal>
Quasi
</literal>
class.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
time
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 1.2.0.3 (was 1.1.4)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The types provided by the time package now include
<literal>
Data
</literal>
instances.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>
unix
</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Version number 2.4.1.0 (was 2.4.0.2)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There are three new helper function in
<literal>
System.Posix.Error
</literal>
:
<literal>
throwErrnoPathIfRetry
</literal>
,
<literal>
throwErrnoPathIfNullRetry
</literal>
and
<literal>
throwErrnoPathIfMinus1Retry
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
There are three new functions in
<literal>
System.Posix.User
</literal>
:
<literal>
setEffectiveUserID
</literal>
,
<literal>
setEffectiveGroupID
</literal>
and
<literal>
setGroups
</literal>
.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
-->
</sect1>
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