Invisible wrote:
> - The program doesn't actually /run/ any more. It can't find the 
> necessary DLLs. It seems that /you/ have to manually copy them to 
> somewhere sensible and/or alter the search path.

DLLs are searched the same place that .exes are searched, except with the 
addition of the directory that the .exe is in, if there's also a magic file 
that says "search this directory too" to circumvent DLL hell. :-)

> - These five DLLs add up to 8MB. (!)

Well, sure. Because you're not just selecting at link time the routines you 
use.  If you have 30 Haskell programs installed, that's a net win.

> In summary, I don't think I'll rush out and use this feature anytime soon.

You should, so you can report on success and failure, and improve the 
product. You *are* one of only 38 beta testers, after all.

> Also entertaining is the way that several new features of the compiler 
> aren't accurately reflected in all of the documentation. (E.g., some 
> chapters claim that shared libraries don't work on Windows, while others 
> assert that they do...)

Welcome to open source, where by the time you're competent enough to fix the 
documentation, you no longer need the documentation!

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Serving Suggestion:
     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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