[GHC] #8656: Identical functions in Template Haskell

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#8656: Identical functions in Template Haskell
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        Reporter:  jstolarek   |            Owner:
            Type:  bug         |           Status:  closed
        Priority:  normal      |        Milestone:
       Component:  Template    |          Version:  7.7
  Haskell                      |         Keywords:
      Resolution:  fixed       |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
Operating System:              |       Difficulty:  Easy (less than 1 hour)
  Unknown/Multiple             |       Blocked By:
 Type of failure:              |  Related Tickets:
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Changes (by simonpj):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 OK I've deprecated `global`:
 {{{
 commit 6b485668ba22d4d78664866100a8ef2daf62ff89
 Author: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
 Date:   Thu Jan 9 18:01:06 2014 +0000

     Deprecate TH.global (Trac #8656)


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 6b485668ba22d4d78664866100a8ef2daf62ff89
  Language/Haskell/TH/Lib.hs |    2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

 diff --git a/Language/Haskell/TH/Lib.hs b/Language/Haskell/TH/Lib.hs index
 2dfef30..b7a88d6 100644
 --- a/Language/Haskell/TH/Lib.hs
 +++ b/Language/Haskell/TH/Lib.hs
 @@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ dyn :: String -> ExpQ  dyn s = return (VarE (mkName
 s))

  global :: Name -> ExpQ
 +{-# DEPRECATED global "Use varE instead" #-}
 +-- Trac #8656; I have no idea why this function is duplicated
  global s = return (VarE s)

  varE :: Name -> ExpQ
 }}}

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