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Add release notes for 7.2.2.

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<sect1 id="release-7-2-2">
<title>Release notes for version 7.2.2</title>
<para>
The 7.2.2 release is a bugfix release. The changes relative to 7.2.1
are listed below. The 7.2 branch is intended to be more of a
"technology preview" than normal GHC stable branches.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
A native code generator bug
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5393">#5393</ulink>)
which can cause segfaults on x86 and
amd64 has been fixed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A race condition in the runtime system
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5552">#5552</ulink>)
that can cause segfaults
has been fixed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Exception handlers are now run in the <literal>mask</literal>
state, rather than the <literal>maskUninterruptible</literal>
state. Fixes a bug that could cause the GHCi debugger to hang
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4988">#4988</ulink>),
amongst other things.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>shutdownHaskellAndExit</literal> function now
immediately exits, even if <literal>hs_init</literal> has
been called multiple times.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A bug arising when using type signature declarations in
Template Haskell splices
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5404">#5404</ulink>)
has been fixed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A bug arising when using class instances in
Template Haskell splices
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5410">#5410</ulink>)
has been fixed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Incorrectly encoded text at the end of a file is now handled
correctly
(<ulink url="http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5436">#5436</ulink>).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The base package is now version 4.4.1.0 (was 4.4.0.0).
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect1>
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&relnotes1; &relnotes1;
&relnotes2;
</chapter> </chapter>
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<!ENTITY license SYSTEM "license.xml"> <!ENTITY license SYSTEM "license.xml">
<!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.xml" > <!ENTITY intro SYSTEM "intro.xml" >
<!ENTITY relnotes1 SYSTEM "7.2.1-notes.xml" > <!ENTITY relnotes1 SYSTEM "7.2.1-notes.xml" >
<!ENTITY relnotes2 SYSTEM "7.2.2-notes.xml" >
<!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.xml" > <!ENTITY using SYSTEM "using.xml" >
<!ENTITY runtime SYSTEM "runtime_control.xml" > <!ENTITY runtime SYSTEM "runtime_control.xml" >
<!ENTITY prof SYSTEM "profiling.xml" > <!ENTITY prof SYSTEM "profiling.xml" >
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