Mariano Suarez Alvarez writes:
> Using ghc-3.01, if one does
>
> mkdependHS t.lhs
>
> where t.lhs is
>
> ----------------------------
> \begin{code}
> module T where
> \end{code}
>
> \begin{code}
> mediaTypeP :: Parser MediaType
> mediaTypeP =
> (litP "*/*" >> return AnyType) +++
> (tokenP >>= \t -> msp >> charP '/' >>
> maybeP tokenP >>= \st ->
> many parameterP >>= \ps ->
> return (AType t st ps))
> \end{code}
> ---------------------------------------
>
> it complains, saying
>
> :8: unterminated comment
>
> This doesn't happen if one changes the two asterisks in the program for,
> say '%' (!), or if one writes the "*/*" string as '*':'/':'*':[] ...
>
Bad interaction with cpp's tokeniser, I guess. Add "/*" somewhere
before the occurrence of "*/" to fix this.
We've recently changed the default behaviour of mkdependHS; it now
won't run cpp over your source files unless you explicitly ask for
it. ghc-3.02 will have this included.
--Sigbjorn
