Version history for data-default

0.8.0.1 -- 2025-03-16

• Add a changelog file.

• Add an official bug tracker.

• Switch upstream to codeberg.org.

0.8.0.0 -- 2024-10-23

• The split into multiple packages (data-default-class, data-default-instances-*) is gone. There is only data-default now (with no dependencies on data-default-class or anything).

• data-default only depends on containers and base now (but requires base >= 4.8).

• The Default instances for Data.DList and System.Locale are gone (but could be revived with updated versions of data-default-instances-dlist and data-default-instances-old-locale in the future?).

• The Default instances for e -> a and IO a have been removed.

• The "generic" default Default instance now supports sum types as well (by always choosing the left constructor).

• The internal GDefault type is now semi-public (in the Data.Default.Internal module) and has stub documentation.

• New instances:

  • Tuples of size up to 31 (previously 7)

  • Identity

  • Const

  • Proxy

  • Solo

  • Bool

  • CBool

  • Ptr

  • ConstPtr

  • FunPtr

  • IntPtr

  • WordPtr

0.7.1.3 -- 2024-10-17

• Add upper version bounds on all dependencies.

• Add cabal description.

0.7.1.2 -- 2024-10-13

• Add proper haddock module headers in each module.

• Update .cabal file to cabal-version: 3.0 format.

• No changes to the license itself, but keep the wording/formatting consistent in all license files/headers/tags.

• Make the (rudimentary) test runnable by cabal and add it to the .cabal file.

0.7.1.1 -- 2016-06-25

• Remove data-default-instances-base dependency.

0.7.1 -- 2016-06-12

• Support GHC.Generics in ghc 7.4 (previously: 7.6+).

0.7.0 -- 2016-05-21

• Add instances for the numeric types from Foreign.C.Types.

0.6.0 -- 2016-04-17

• Add support for GHC.Generics in ghc 7.6+.

0.5.2 -- 2016-04-02

• Split code into several packages (data-default-class, data-default-instances-*), which data-default simply re-exports.

0.5.1 -- 2013-03-07

• Add instances for tuples of length 6 and 7.

0.5.0 -- 2012-06-18

• Add instances for types in Data.Int and Data.Word.

0.4.0 -- 2012-03-30

• Add Complex instance.

• Add TimeLocale instance (from old-locale).

0.3.0 -- 2011-08-08

• Add instances for IntMap, IntSet, Seq, and Tree (from containers).

• Add internal basic tests.

• Track changes in git.

• Add instances for Ordering, All, Any, Dual, Endo, Sum, Product. First, Last, DList.

• Add instances for tuples of length 2 to 5.

0.2.0.1 -- 2011-01-02

• Add LICENSE file.

• Add version bounds on base dependency.

0.2 -- 2008-05-21

• Initial upload.

• Instances provided: Double, Float, Int, Integer, (), [a], Ratio, IO, Maybe, Set, e -> a, Map.