[commit: ghc] ghc-7.8: users_guide: note -XPatternSynonyms is required for use sites (6ecb89f)

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Repository : ssh://git@git.haskell.org/ghc

On branch  : ghc-7.8
Link       : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/6ecb89fe88573fe16b2ae4c4c43d11b20ac4492e/ghc

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commit 6ecb89fe88573fe16b2ae4c4c43d11b20ac4492e
Author: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 7 10:15:05 2014 -0500

    users_guide: note -XPatternSynonyms is required for use sites
    
    Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp <austin at well-typed.com>
    (cherry picked from commit b059dcc81e9c4097b5f04f85e1ac33586c494110)


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6ecb89fe88573fe16b2ae4c4c43d11b20ac4492e
 docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
index cd798ca..f56bb89 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
@@ -856,9 +856,11 @@ y)</literal> will not be coalesced.
 </title>
 
 <para>
-Pattern synonyms are enabled by the flag <literal>-XPatternSynonyms</literal>.
-More information and examples of view patterns can be found on the
-<ulink url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/PatternSynonyms">Wiki
+Pattern synonyms are enabled by the flag
+<literal>-XPatternSynonyms</literal>, which is required for both
+defining them <emphasis>and</emphasis> using them.  More information
+and examples of view patterns can be found on the <ulink
+url="http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/PatternSynonyms">Wiki
 page</ulink>.
 </para>
 



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