Hi All,
I thought I'd take a moment to mention that the GHC build system is basically
unmaintainable by anyone except the original authors. It's clear that a heroic
effort has been made to fit a square peg into a round hole, and I *want* to
help, but stuff like this makes my eyes hurt:
$$($$($1_PACKAGE)-$$($1_$2_VERSION)_HADDOCK_DEPS) | $$$$(dir $$$$@)/.
So does this:
$$(foreach pkg,$$($1_$2_DEPS),$$(if
$$($$(pkg)_HADDOCK_FILE),--read-interface=../$$(pkg)$$(comma)../$$(pkg)/src/%{MODULE/./-}.html\#%{NAME}$$(comma)$$($$(pkg)_HADDOCK_FILE)))
and this:
$$(foreach p,$$(patsubst libraries/%,%,$$(wildcard $$(shell grep '^[^ #][^ ]*
\+\(dph\|extra\) \+[^ ]\+ \+[^ ]\+ \+[^ ]\+' packages | sed 's/ .*//')))
I once heard that you should write your code like it'll be read by a psychotic
axe murder that knows where you live. Suffice to say, I don't own any axes, nor
am I planning on buying any. Axes aren't really my thing. What *is* my thing is
helping to write GHC, but this is very difficult when faced with write-only
code.
Ben.
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