[GHC] #860: CPP fails when a macro is used on a line containing a single quote character

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#860: CPP fails when a macro is used on a line containing a single quote
character
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    Reporter:  ketil@…           |       Owner:                           
        Type:  feature request   |      Status:  new                      
    Priority:  lowest            |   Milestone:  _|_                      
   Component:  Compiler          |     Version:  6.4.2                    
    Keywords:  cpp quote prime   |          Os:  Unknown/Multiple         
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  GHC rejects valid program
  Difficulty:  Unknown           |    Testcase:                           
   Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                           
     Related:                    |  
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Comment(by simonmar):

 We could just document this in the manual.  There are other gotchas with
 CPP (e.g. the backslash-at-the-end-of-the-line thing).

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/860#comment:7>
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