#493: counterintuitive syntax of .cabal/config file
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: cabal-install tool | Version: 1.6.0.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Comment (by duncan):
Right, `--` is a comment, but like `.cabal` files, the syntax uses layout,
so indentation is significant. Indentation is used to indicate nested
sections.
Would having an explanation at the top be enough? We can say that `--`
lines are comments, that indentation is significant and that the commented
out fields give default values, if any.
We may also be able to get the parser to produce more helpful messages in
some cases. However in general there can be fields that have multi-line
nested content.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/493#comment:1>
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