[GHC] #2216: Better error message for unboxed types with no -fglasgow-exts flag

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#2216: Better error message for unboxed types with no -fglasgow-exts flag
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 Reporter:  tim               |           Type:  feature request  
   Status:  new               |       Priority:  normal           
Milestone:  _|_               |      Component:  Compiler (Parser)
  Version:  6.8.2             |       Keywords:                   
       Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple 
  Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown          
 Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                   
 Blocking:                    |        Related:                   
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Changes (by morabbin):

  * failure:  => None/Unknown


Comment:

 Given that `-fglasgow-exts` is deprecated, and given that the problems
 pointed in the comments still hold, is this worth keeping open?

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2216#comment:5>
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