[GHC] #11194: Frontend plugins

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#11194: Frontend plugins
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        Reporter:  ezyang            |                Owner:  ezyang
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  patch
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  GHC API           |              Version:  7.11
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1598
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Comment (by Edward Z. Yang <ezyang@…>):

 In [changeset:"a3c2a26b3af034f09c960b2dad38f73be7e3a655/ghc" a3c2a26/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="a3c2a26b3af034f09c960b2dad38f73be7e3a655"
 Frontend plugins.

 Summary:
 Frontend plugins enable users to write plugins to replace
 GHC major modes.  E.g. instead of saying

     ghc --make A B C

 a user can now say

     ghc --frontend GHC.Frontend.Shake A B C

 which might provide an alternative implementation of a multi-module
 build.  For more details, see the manual entry.

 Signed-off-by: Edward Z. Yang <ezyang at cs.stanford.edu>

 Test Plan: validate

 Reviewers: simonmar, bgamari, austin, simonpj

 Subscribers: thomie

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1598

 GHC Trac Issues: #11194
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