Re: [GHC] #8466: Aggregate “ambiguous import” errors for the same name

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#8466: Aggregate “ambiguous import” errors for the same name
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        Reporter:  nomeata           |            Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |          Version:  7.6.3
      Resolution:                    |         Keywords:
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
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Comment (by simonpj):

 I do rather agree with you, but it's a user question so let's get more
 user feedback.

 A very simple, but brutal, way to achieve this would be to aggregate error
 messages that were identical, as strings.  We don't keep them as data, so
 the string (or rather `SDoc`) is all we have to do on.

 You could try this in `printMsgBag` in `ErrUtils`.

 Simon

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