[GHC] #9515: Deprecate -XExplicitForAll
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#9515: Deprecate -XExplicitForAll
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Reporter: dfeuer | Owner:
Type: feature | Status: new
request | Milestone:
Priority: normal | Version: 7.8.3
Component: Compiler | Keywords:
Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown
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Comment (by rwbarton):
FWIW I don't regard `ScopedTypeVariables` as changing the semantics of
`forall`. Rather it changes the meaning of type variables in type
ascriptions and non-top-level type declarations depending on whether those
variables were mentioned in a particular syntactic form involving
`forall`. As such I don't experience any cognitive dissonance when
thinking about ExplicitForall, RankNTypes, ScopedTypeVariables, and their
various combinations.
I realize that this is a subtle distinction and that `ScopedTypeVariables`
is often described as bestowing a special new meaning on the keyword
`forall`.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9515#comment:14>
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