[GHC] #15706: Refactor NewHsTypeX to DerivedCoreTy
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#15706: Refactor NewHsTypeX to DerivedCoreTy
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Reporter: int-index | Owner: (none)
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: low | Milestone: 8.8.1
Component: Compiler | Version: 8.6.1
Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple
Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown
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`NewHsTypeX` is not a good name for this construct:
{{{
data NewHsTypeX
= NHsCoreTy Type -- An escape hatch for tunnelling a *closed*
-- Core Type through HsSyn.
}}}
* the `New` prefix refers to the fact that it is a new approach, rather
than to a property of the entity
* it is not suggestive of the way `NewHsTypeX` is used in the code and why
it exists
A better name would be `DerivedCoreTy`. The reason for `NHsCoreTy`
existence and its invariant of being closed is the `deriving` mechanism.
Doing this renaming also exposes incorrect uses of `NHsCoreTy` in a couple
of places that violate the invariant (in some calls to `unifyKind`).
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15706>
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