[GHC] #10843: Allow do blocks without dollar signs as arguments

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#10843: Allow do blocks without dollar signs as arguments
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        Reporter:  agibiansky        |                Owner:  agibiansky
            Type:  feature request   |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  7.10.2
  (Parser)                           |
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #11706            |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1219
       Wiki Page:                    |
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Comment (by maeder):

 Replying to [comment:32 Iceland_jack]:

 [...]
 > -- ex = λ (\x -> λ (\y -> x))
 >
 > ex = λ \x -> λ \y -> x
 > }}}
 >
 > Would this parse?
 >
 > {{{#!hs
 > ex = λ\ x -> λ\ y -> x
 > }}}

 Surely, this is a lexical issue. No space is needed between symbols (like
 "\") and (unicode) letters (like x, y, or λ), although I recommend to
 always leave a space, i.e. "f  λ\ ..." would be parsed as "(f  λ)\ ...".

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