[GHC] #8706: Kind operators not parsed

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Fri Feb 7 22:20:32 UTC 2014


#8706: Kind operators not parsed
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        Reporter:  goldfire          |            Owner:
            Type:  bug               |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Documentation     |          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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Changes (by goldfire):

 * component:  Compiler (Parser) => Documentation


Comment:

 Argh. Of course there can't be kind operators, because it would be
 impossible to parse them. For example, what does `Foo * Bar` mean? Is it
 `Foo` applied to `*` and `Bar`? Or is it `*` applied to `Foo` and `Bar`?

 I will document this, but I don't like it.

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