[commit: ghc] ghc-7.10: Update user guide, fixing #10772 (45f7392)
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On branch : ghc-7.10
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/45f73924c36fb61f87413b18951b4b1121ea2bfa/ghc
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commit 45f73924c36fb61f87413b18951b4b1121ea2bfa
Author: Richard Eisenberg <eir at cis.upenn.edu>
Date: Sat Sep 19 14:45:28 2015 -0400
Update user guide, fixing #10772
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45f73924c36fb61f87413b18951b4b1121ea2bfa
docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
index fb4837a..3dfd40a 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
@@ -2840,8 +2840,11 @@ GHC allows type constructors, classes, and type variables to be operators, and
to be written infix, very much like expressions. More specifically:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
- A type constructor or class can be an operator, beginning with a colon; e.g. <literal>:*:</literal>.
- The lexical syntax is the same as that for data constructors.
+ A type constructor or class can be any non-reserved operator.
+ Symbols used in types are always like capitalized identifiers; they
+ are never variables. Note that this is different from the lexical
+ syntax of data constructors, which are required to begin with a
+ <literal>:</literal>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Data type and type-synonym declarations can be written infix, parenthesised
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