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| author | Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org> | 2023-03-02 12:29:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org> | 2023-03-02 12:31:12 -0500 |
| commit | fbc98e66077b933b634bf86a8d4a739ef10ea232 (patch) | |
| tree | 78706c80aff7756ff42d76004e20e156a8623a97 | |
| parent | cbdc5d515c6e1761e055106875d30f82098e4098 (diff) | |
| download | haskell-fbc98e66077b933b634bf86a8d4a739ef10ea232.tar.gz | |
docs/relnotes: Mention -fprefer-byte-codeghc-9.6.1-rc1
Closes #23027.
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst index 4f3b5afaf2..de76f784b8 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst +++ b/docs/users_guide/9.6.1-notes.rst @@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ Compiler on the GHC wiki for the current status, project roadmap, build instructions and demos. +- GHC now offers a new flag, :ghc-flag:`-fprefer-byte-code`, which instructs + the compiler to to use byte-code when available when loading home package + modules for execution (e.g. when evaluating TH splices). This avoids the + considerable code generation and linking costs of native code, which is often + unnecessary for one-off Template Haskell splices. + - The :extension:`TypeInType` is now marked as deprecated. Its meaning has been included in :extension:`PolyKinds` and :extension:`DataKinds`. |