[GHC] #919: Cryptic type error message (should be syntax error)

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#919: Cryptic type error message (should be syntax error)
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  Reporter:  josef.svenningsson at gmail.com  |          Owner:         
      Type:  bug                           |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal                        |      Milestone:  6.8    
 Component:  Compiler (Type checker)       |        Version:  6.5    
  Severity:  normal                        |     Resolution:         
  Keywords:                                |             Os:  Unknown
Difficulty:  Easy (1 hr)                   |   Architecture:  Unknown
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Changes (by igloo):

  * difficulty:  Unknown => Easy (1 hr)
  * component:  Compiler => Compiler (Type checker)
  * milestone:  => 6.8

Comment:

 Haskell 98 indeed does not seem to allow operators as types, so we ought
 not allow this without -fglasgow-exts. Too late for 6.6, though...

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/919>
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