True, but if you are using GHC generated stuff via the GHC API you sometimes do not want to have to implement Outputable for all your app types, when you can auto derive Show which mostly does what you need.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuze...@fuuzetsu.co.uk> wrote: > On 10/06/2014 01:59 PM, Alan & Kim Zimmerman wrote: > > Is there any reason I can't put in a diff request to replace the derived > > Show instance for SrcSpan with a handcrafted one that does not > exhausively > > list the constructors, making it more readable? > > > > Alan > > > > Why? If you're looking for pretty output then you should be changing > Outputable. > > > -- > Mateusz K. > _______________________________________________ > ghc-devs mailing list > ghc-devs@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs >
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