[GHC] #12942: Add infix flag for class and data declarations
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#12942: Add infix flag for class and data declarations
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Reporter: alanz | Owner: alanz
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.2.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1
Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
Unknown/Multiple |
Test Case: | Blocked By:
Blocking: | Related Tickets: #3384
Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page:
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At the moment, data and type declarations using infix formatting produce
the same AST as those using prefix.
So
{{{#!hs
type a ++ b = c
}}}
and
{{{#!hs
type (++) a b = c
}}}
cannot be distinguished in the parsed source, without looking at the
`OccName` details of the constructor being defined.
Having access to the `OccName` requires an additional constraint which
explodes out over the entire AST because of its recursive definitions.
In keeping with moving the parsed source to more directly reflect the
source code as parsed, add a specific flag to the declaration to indicate
the fixity, as used in a `Match` now too.
Note: this flag is to capture the fixity used for the lexical definition
of the type, primarily for use by `ppr` and `ghc-exactprint`.
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12942>
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