Claus Reinke wrote:
What is wrong with a proper 'make', cleaning, dependencies,
and all, at least as an aim, if not yet in practice? Of course, you
can move house every time your dirty plates fill your sink, so that
you have an entirely clean house in which to start the week, but
that isn't more than a workaround, not a solution.
I completely agree, and this is something I'd like to improve when we
overhaul the build system. Our build has become rather unfriendly of late.
One problem (for me at least) is that working on the build system is
neither exciting nor rewarding. I've written the GHC build system from
scratch once, and I don't have a lot of inclination to do it again! Still,
it's hurting enough now that we do need to devote some concerted effort
to improving it.
Cheers,
Simoon
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