[GHC] #8607: Invalid location reported for type constructors

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#8607: Invalid location reported for type constructors
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        Reporter:  edsko             |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.7
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Test Case:                    |       Blocked By:
        Blocking:                    |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by Richard Eisenberg <eir@…>):

 In [changeset:"e4afeedc5b8ac0f48cbeac09aa702c8d10433cdb/ghc"]:
 {{{
 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="e4afeedc5b8ac0f48cbeac09aa702c8d10433cdb"
 Fix #8607.

 The solution (after many false starts) is to change the behavior of
 hsLTyClDeclBinders. The idea is that the locations of the names that
 the parser generates should really be the names' locations, unlike
 what was done in 1745779... But, when the renamer is creating Names
 from the RdrNames, the locations stored in the Names should be the
 declarations' locations. This is now achieved in hsLTyClDeclBinders,
 which returns [Located name], but the location is that of the
 *declaration*, not the name itself.
 }}}

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