Overlapping names in GHC: ConLike

[Carter Schonwald]

Caseable? PatternLike?

On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Joachim Breitner <mail at joachim-breitner.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> while reading some code I noticed that we use the term “ConLike” for two
> different things: From Haskell up to the desugarer, this is a data type
> to treat data constructors and pattern synonyms together; afterwards, in
> the world of Core, ConLike is an attribute of expression (exprIsConLik)
> similar to exprIsHNF.
>
> The former use is newer, introduced by the pattern synonym patch. In the
> long run, there is a risk of confusion, maybe we should rename ConLike
> module and data type. Any suggestions for a good name?
>
> Greetings,
> Joachim
>
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