Purpose

Desireable properties of a new file format

• Text format:
  • readable by small scripts written in any language without the need for a special library
  • readable by a Haskell program or library (e.g Haddock or the Haddock API)
  • readable by humans

• Contains all doc strings, Haddock options, etc. in the present format.

• Contains all declarations that make up the *interface* of the modules
  • i.e, it contains actual Haskell syntax, contrary to the present format
  • i.e, you don't need to load .hi files to get the declarations of the interface