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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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