Re: Add 'subsequences' and 'permutations' to Data.List (ticket #1990), discussion period end

Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
> Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> As Thomas Hartman noted in a recent cafe thread [1], haskell 1.3 
>> included the functions 'subsequences' and 'permutations'. I think 
>> these functions are quite useful, and I don't know why they were ever 
>> removed. This is a proposal to add these two functions to Data.List. 
>> The implementation is taken directly from the Haskell 1.3 report [2].
>>
>> Trac ticket: #1990
>> Discussion period ends: January 7th (since there is a holiday comming up)
> 
> The discussion period for this proposal is over. Everyone here seems to 
> agree it is a good idea.
> 
> The patch attached to the trac ticket contains the best versions 
> discussed in this thread:
>  - Wolfram(kahl <at> cas.mcmaster.ca)'s version of subsequences
>  - my permutations8c
> 
> Can someone with the power to do so apply this patch?

I've milestoned it for inclusion in GHC 6.10.

Cheers,
	Simon