[commit: ghc] ghc-8.4: users-guide: Fix various bits of markup (15b2b95)
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On branch : ghc-8.4
Link : http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/changeset/15b2b959abbc724187b0e58979968d24ab323681/ghc
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commit 15b2b959abbc724187b0e58979968d24ab323681
Author: Ben Gamari <ben at smart-cactus.org>
Date: Thu Dec 14 16:52:59 2017 -0500
users-guide: Fix various bits of markup
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15b2b959abbc724187b0e58979968d24ab323681
docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst | 18 +++++++++++++-----
docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst b/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst
index 7c2f954..6ad4cc5 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/8.4.1-notes.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ Highlights
The highlights, since the 8.2.1 release, are:
-- Many, many bug fixes.
+- GHC is now capable of deriving more instances
+
+- More refinement of the :ghc-flag:`-XTypeInType` story and improvements in type
+ error messages.
+
+- Further improvements in code generation
+
+- Many, many bug fixes.
+
Full details
------------
@@ -59,16 +67,16 @@ Language
data StrictJust a <- Just !a where
StrictJust !a = Just a
-- GADTs with kind-polymorphic type arguments now require :ghc-flag:`TypeInType`.
+- GADTs with kind-polymorphic type arguments now require :ghc-flag:`-XTypeInType`.
For instance, consider the following, ::
data G :: k -> * where
GInt :: G Int
GMaybe :: G Maybe
- In previous releases this would compile with :ghc-flag:`PolyKinds` alone due
+ In previous releases this would compile with :ghc-flag:`-XPolyKinds` alone due
to bug :ghc-ticket:`13391`. As of GHC 8.4, however, this requires
- :ghc-flag:`TypeInType`. Note that since GADT kind signatures aren't generalized,
+ :ghc-flag:`-XTypeInType`. Note that since GADT kind signatures aren't generalized,
this will also require that you provide a :ref:`CUSK
<complete-kind-signatures>` by explicitly quantifying over the kind argument,
``k``, ::
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ Language
which require extensions to derive, such as :ghc-flag:`-XDeriveFunctor`.
- Hexadecimal floating point literals (e.g. ``0x0.1p4``), enabled with
- :ghc-flag:`HexFloatLiterals`. See
+ :ghc-flag:`-XHexFloatLiterals`. See
:ref:`Hexadecimal floating point literals <hex-float-literals>`
for the full details.
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
index 2375f63..e7501c2 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.rst
@@ -544,17 +544,17 @@ The recompilation checker
.. ghc-flag:: -fignore-optim-changes
:shortdesc: Do not recompile modules just to match changes to
- optimisation flags. This is especially useful for avoiding
- recompilation when using GHCi, and is enabled by default for
- GHCi.
+ optimisation flags. This is especially useful for avoiding
+ recompilation when using GHCi, and is enabled by default for
+ GHCi.
:type: dynamic
:reverse: -fno-ignore-optim-changes
:category: recompilation
.. ghc-flag:: -fignore-hpc-changes
:shortdesc: Do not recompile modules just to match changes to
- HPC flags. This is especially useful for avoiding recompilation
- when using GHCi, and is enabled by default for GHCi.
+ HPC flags. This is especially useful for avoiding recompilation
+ when using GHCi, and is enabled by default for GHCi.
:type: dynamic
:reverse: -fno-ignore-hpc-changes
:category: recompilation
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