[GHC] #15100: `ApplicativeDo` needlessly uses `join` too much

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#15100: `ApplicativeDo` needlessly uses `join` too much
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        Reporter:  ekmett            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.4.2
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      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  ApplicativeDo
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Changes (by simonpj):

 * cc: simonmar (added)


Comment:

 cc'ing Simon Marlow, the king of `ApplicativeDo`.

 Whatever emerges, I'd love to see it expressed in the language of the
 paper. I found the division in the paper (into a dependency analysis
 followed by desugaring) to be very helpful.  If we could have a typeset
 appendix that gives the ''actual'' rules followed by GHC (including
 improvements described above) that would be incredibly helpful.  Both for
 understanding the code, and for helping others who implement
 `ApplicativeDo` in their compilers.

 We can easily make the paper source code available.

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