Tue Mar 31 14:23:06 PDT 2009 David Waern <[email protected]>
* Allow Haddock comments in type synonyms
Ignore-this: 11f1bad22d25d8d0017580d020c1aa5d
We now use `ctypedoc` instead of `ctype` for type synonyms. `ctypedoc` was
previously only used for top-level type signatures. This change means that
type
synonyms now can contain comments, just like top-level type signatures.
Note:
* I've modified `ctypedoc` so it allows implicit parameters and equational
constraints, just like ctype.
* Since `ctypedoc` allows nested foralls, we now allow that in type synonyms.
* I have inlined some productions into gentypedoc so that there is now a
non-doc version of every production with a 'doc' suffix. (Stylistic change
only, which should make the code easier to follow).
* It would have been nice to simplify the grammar by unifying `ctype` and
ctypedoc` into one production, allowing comments on types everywhere (and
rejecting them after parsing, where necessary). This is however not possible
since it leads to ambiguity. The reason is the support for comments on record
fields:
> data R = R { field :: Int -- ^ comment on the field }
If we allow comments on types here, it's not clear if the comment applies
to 'field' or to 'Int'. So we must use `ctype` to describe the type.
M ./compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp -22 +22
View patch online:
http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc/_darcs/patches/20090331212306-a762e-08e1a5550f0b04374b9104cb133ed5cbb39f8c2c.gz
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