Re: [ANNOUNCE] GHC 9.12.1-alpha1 is now available

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> * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressions as part of [GHC Proposal
#281]

I feel like you buried the lede :)

Many thanks to everyone involved!

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM Zubin Duggal <[email protected]>=
 wrote:

> The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the availability
> of the first alpha release of GHC 9.12.1. Binary distributions, source
> distributions, and documentation are available at [downloads.haskell.org
> ][].
>
>
> We hope to have this release available via ghcup shortly.
>
> GHC 9.12 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including:
>
>   * The new language extension [OrPatterns] allowing you to combine
> multiple
>     pattern clauses into one.
>
>   * The [MultilineStrings] language extension to allow you to more easily
> write
>     strings spanning multiple lines in your source code.
>
>   * Improvements to the OverloadedRecordDot extension, allowing the
> built-in
>     `HasField` class to be used for records with fields of non lifted
> representations.
>
>   * The [NamedDefaults] language extension has been introduced allowing
> you to
>     define defaults for typeclasses other than `Num`.
>
>   * More deterministic object code output, controlled by the
> `-fobject-determinism`
>     flag, which improves determinism of builds a lot (though does not
> fully do so)
>     at the cost of some compiler performance (1-2%). See #12935 for the
> details
>
>   * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressions as part of [GHC Proposal
> #281].
>
>   * ... and many more
>
> A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes][].
> As always, GHC's release status, including planned future releases, can
> be found on the GHC Wiki [status][].
>
> We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool,
> Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell
> Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial
> and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release
> management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been
> possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work
> comprise this release.
>
> As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket][] if you see
> anything amiss.
>
>
> [release notes]:
> https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1-alpha1/docs/users_guide/9.12.1-n=
otes.html
> [status]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/GHC-status
> [downloads.haskell.org]: https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1-alpha1
> [ticket]: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new
> [OrPatterns]:
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0522=
-or-patterns.rst
> [MultilineStrings]:
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0569=
-multiline-strings.rst
> [GHC Proposal #281]:
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0281=
-visible-forall.rst
> [NamedDefaults]:
> https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/0409=
-exportable-named-default.rst
>
>
> Cheers,
> Zubin
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>&gt;  * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressio=
ns as part of [GHC Proposal #281]<br><br></div>I feel like you buried the l=
ede :)<br><br></div>Many thanks to everyone involved!<br></div><br><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 16, 20=
24 at 6:51=E2=80=AFAM Zubin Duggal &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
om">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204=
,204);padding-left:1ex">The GHC developers are very pleased to announce the=
 availability<br>
of the first alpha release of GHC 9.12.1. Binary distributions, source<br>
distributions, and documentation are available at [<a href=3D"http://downlo=
ads.haskell.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">downloads.haskell.org=
</a>][].<br>
<br>
<br>
We hope to have this release available via ghcup shortly.<br>
<br>
GHC 9.12 will bring a number of new features and improvements, including:<b=
r>
<br>
=C2=A0 * The new language extension [OrPatterns] allowing you to combine mu=
ltiple<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 pattern clauses into one.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * The [MultilineStrings] language extension to allow you to more eas=
ily write<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 strings spanning multiple lines in your source code.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * Improvements to the OverloadedRecordDot extension, allowing the bu=
ilt-in<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 `HasField` class to be used for records with fields of non li=
fted representations.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * The [NamedDefaults] language extension has been introduced allowin=
g you to<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 define defaults for typeclasses other than `Num`.<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * More deterministic object code output, controlled by the `-fobject=
-determinism`<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 flag, which improves determinism of builds a lot (though does=
 not fully do so)<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 at the cost of some compiler performance (1-2%). See #12935 f=
or the details<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * GHC now accepts type syntax in expressions as part of [GHC Proposa=
l #281].<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 * ... and many more<br>
<br>
A full accounting of changes can be found in the [release notes][].<br>
As always, GHC&#39;s release status, including planned future releases, can=
<br>
be found on the GHC Wiki [status][].<br>
<br>
We would like to thank GitHub, IOG, the Zw3rk stake pool,<br>
Well-Typed, Tweag I/O, Serokell, Equinix, SimSpace, the Haskell<br>
Foundation, and other anonymous contributors whose on-going financial<br>
and in-kind support has facilitated GHC maintenance and release<br>
management over the years. Finally, this release would not have been<br>
possible without the hundreds of open-source contributors whose work<br>
comprise this release.<br>
<br>
As always, do give this release a try and open a [ticket][] if you see<br>
anything amiss.<br>
<br>
<br>
[release notes]: <a href=3D"https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1-alpha1=
/docs/users_guide/9.12.1-notes.html" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">h=
ttps://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/9.12.1-alpha1/docs/users_guide/9.12.1-note=
s.html</a><br>
[status]: <a href=3D"https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/GHC-status"=
 rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/=
wikis/GHC-status</a><br>
[<a href=3D"http://downloads.haskell.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_bla=
nk">downloads.haskell.org</a>]: <a href=3D"https://downloads.haskell.org/gh=
c/9.12.1-alpha1" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://downloads.has=
kell.org/ghc/9.12.1-alpha1</a><br>
[ticket]: <a href=3D"https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/new" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issu=
es/new</a><br>
[OrPatterns]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blo=
b/master/proposals/0522-or-patterns.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blan=
k">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/proposals/052=
2-or-patterns.rst</a><br>
[MultilineStrings]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposa=
ls/blob/master/proposals/0569-multiline-strings.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" tar=
get=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/p=
roposals/0569-multiline-strings.rst</a><br>
[GHC Proposal #281]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-propos=
als/blob/master/proposals/0281-visible-forall.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer" targe=
t=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/pro=
posals/0281-visible-forall.rst</a><br>
[NamedDefaults]: <a href=3D"https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/=
blob/master/proposals/0409-exportable-named-default.rst" rel=3D"noreferrer"=
 target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/mast=
er/proposals/0409-exportable-named-default.rst</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Zubin<br>
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