[GHC] #4197: clarify which names can not be quoted

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Thu Jul 15 09:59:26 EDT 2010


#4197: clarify which names can not be quoted
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    Reporter:  maeder            |       Owner:               
        Type:  task              |      Status:  new          
    Priority:  normal            |   Component:  Documentation
     Version:  6.12.3            |    Keywords:               
          Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |    Testcase:               
Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Failure:  None/Unknown 
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 http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/6.12.2/html/users_guide/template-
 haskell.html#id665813

 I suppose a primed identifier like x' or T' can not be quoted, because
 they would be scanned as character.

 Maybe all identifiers containing primes should be disallowed being quoted
 by one or two leading primes.

 In any case, the documentation should match the implementation.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4197>
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