From 0eb2265d816f733094506034ba6285a447ebd3a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?H=C3=A9cate=20Moonlight?= <hecate@glitchbra.in>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:59:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the synopsis and description of base
---
libraries/base/base.cabal | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libraries/base/base.cabal b/libraries/base/base.cabal
index 318cd1f44763..0fb215df0124 100644
--- a/libraries/base/base.cabal
+++ b/libraries/base/base.cabal
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ license: BSD-3-Clause
license-file: LICENSE
maintainer: Core Libraries Committee <core-libraries-committee@haskell.org>
bug-reports: https://github.com/haskell/core-libraries-committee/issues
-synopsis: Basic libraries
+synopsis: Core data structures and operations
category: Prelude
build-type: Simple
-description:
- This package contains the Standard Haskell "Prelude" and its support libraries,
- and a large collection of useful libraries ranging from data
- structures to parsing combinators and debugging utilities.
+description: Haskell's base library provides, among other things, core types (e.g. [Bool]("Data.Bool") and [Int]("Data.Int")),
+ data structures (e.g. [List]("Data.List"), [Tuple]("Data.Tuple") and [Maybe]("Data.Maybe")),
+ the [Exception]("Control.Exception") mechanism, and the [IO]("System.IO") & [Concurrency]("Control.Concurrent") operations.
+ The "Prelude" module, which is imported by default, exposes a curated set of types and functions from other modules.
+
+ Other data structures like [Map](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/containers/docs/Data-Map.html),
+ [Set](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/containers/docs/Data-Set.html) are available in the [containers](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/containers) library.
+ To work with textual data, use the [text](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text/docs/Data-Text.html) library.
+
Library
default-language: Haskell2010
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