[GHC] #3085: warn about language extensions that are not used

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#3085: warn about language extensions that are not used
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:
  PVerswyvelen                       |           Status:  new
                  Type:  feature     |        Milestone:  7.10.1
  request                            |          Version:  6.10.1
              Priority:  normal      |         Keywords:  warnings
             Component:  Compiler    |  extensions language
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
  Unknown/Multiple                   |       Blocked By:
       Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:  #9757
  None/Unknown                       |
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Comment (by simonmar):

 Replying to [comment:33 thomie]:
 > To cite rwbarton from #9757:
 > > I think the purpose of compiler warnings should be to warn about code
 that is probably bad, not code that is probably fine that could be written
 in a (potentially) better way. (After all, we don't warn about excess
 parentheses in code either.) That is the domain of hlint, as Richard
 notes.
 >
 > Anyone disagree with a `wontfix` here as well?

 This is an argument that the warning shouldn't be on by default, or
 perhaps that it shouldn't be in `-Wall`, but not an argument that we
 shouldn't implement it at all.  We have several warnings that are not part
 of `-Wall` and fall into the category of "a matter of taste".

 (FWIW, HLint already does this for a subset of extensions).

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