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| author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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| committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
| commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
| tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /dev-haskell/mtl-compat/metadata.xml | |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/dev-haskell/mtl-compat/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/mtl-compat/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..033f9421a7a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-haskell/mtl-compat/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer type="project"> + <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription> + This package backports the "Control.Monad.Except" module from + @mtl@ (if using @mtl-2.2.0.1@ or earlier), which reexports the + @ExceptT@ monad transformer and the @MonadError@ class. + + This package should only be used if there is a need to use the + @Control.Monad.Except@ module specifically. If you just want + the @mtl@ class instances for @ExceptT@, use + @transformers-compat@ instead, since @mtl-compat@ does nothing + but reexport the instances from that package. + + Note that unlike how @mtl-2.2@ or later works, the + "Control.Monad.Except" module defined in this package exports + all of @ExceptT@'s monad class instances. Therefore, you may + have to declare @import Control.Monad.Except ()@ at the top of + your file to get all of the @ExceptT@ instances in scope. + </longdescription> + <upstream> + <remote-id type="github">RyanGlScott/mtl-compat</remote-id> + </upstream> +</pkgmetadata> |