From 5290d4b8bbd68514f997c48f4f9f8429ff867b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 21:34:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a few release note highlights
---
docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
docs/users_guide/parallel.xml | 2 +-
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml b/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
index 48850ad4567a..58ded154d5fe 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/7.2.1-notes.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,37 @@
<para>
The significant changes to the various parts of the compiler are
listed in the following sections. There have also been numerous bug
- fixes and performance improvements over the 7.0 branch.
+ fixes and performance improvements over the 7.0 branch. The 7.2
+ branch is intended to be more of a "technology preview" than normal
+ GHC stable branches.
</para>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Highlights</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ DPH support (<xref linkend="dph" />) has been significantly
+ improved.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new feature Safe Haskell (<xref linkend="safe-haskell" />)
+ has been implemented.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ It is now possible to write compiler plugins
+ (<xref linkend="compiler-plugins" />).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Language changes</title>
<itemizedlist>
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml b/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
index b8e73166e4e4..05092bca3734 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/parallel.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ nfib n | n <= 1 = 1
parallel <literal>map</literal>.</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2><title>Data Parallel Haskell</title>
+<sect2 id="dph"><title>Data Parallel Haskell</title>
<para>GHC includes experimental support for Data Parallel Haskell (DPH). This code
is highly unstable and is only provided as a technology preview. More
information can be found on the corresponding <ulink
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