[GHC] #9642: LANGUAGE pragma synonyms

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#9642: LANGUAGE pragma synonyms
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              Reporter:  dreixel     |            Owner:
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  new
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              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.9
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            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
      Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Unknown
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Comment (by jstolarek):

 Replying to [comment:7 nomeata]:
 > How about putting these aliases into the package database?
 But then loading a module from the package into GHCi would require knowing
 about aliases in the `.cabal` file.

 > (This opens the way to other `cabal` flags to be used here, e.g.
 compiler flags to load a specific plugin, which might be very useful, but
 let’s not go there with this proposal yet.)
 That's a feature I would like to see. In the past I struggled a lot
 because I had to duplicate in the `benchmark` section all language
 extensions and compilation options specified in `library` section. But
 then again this is a Cabal feature request, not GHC.

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