#1880: Unify flag descriptions to generate both docs and code
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Reporter: simonmar | Owner:
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.10 branch
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: Unknown
Os: Unknown |
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Old description:
> We want to specify all of GHC's flags in one place, and from there
>
> * Generate the flag reference section of the documentation
> * Generate the code to parse the command-line
> * Allow flags to be deprecated, generating a warning
> * Have an option to list all the flags that GHC supports (see #1226)
> for use in command-line completion
> * Generate the man page
>
> This ticket replaces part of #1226.
New description:
We want to specify all of GHC's flags in one place, and from there
* Generate the flag reference section of the documentation
* Generate the code to parse the command-line
* Allow flags to be deprecated, generating a warning
* Have an option to list all the flags that GHC supports (see #1226)
for use in command-line completion
* Generate the man page
* Completion in GHCi
This ticket replaces part of #1226.
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