[GHC] #1508: hasktags program needs replacement

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#1508: hasktags program needs replacement
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  Reporter:  iampure@…          |          Owner:                  
      Type:  bug                |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:  _|_             
 Component:  None               |        Version:  6.6.1           
Resolution:  wontfix            |       Keywords:  hasktags        
  Testcase:                     |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:  Unknown            |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                     |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown       |  
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Changes (by simonmar):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Old description:

> The following module yields
>
> HaskTagsTest.hs,0
>
> It should have included the identifier a, b, c and d in the TAGS file. My
> suggestion would be to remove it from the manual and stop distributing it
> or to replace it, since also on real code it is of no help and only
> wastes time.
> {{{
> module Zork where
>
> a = putStrLn "hi"
> b = putStrLn "hi"
> c = putStrLn "hi"
> d = putStrLn "hi"
> }}}
> Priority should maybe be set to high, since navigating source trees is
> simplified via the TAGS files.

New description:

 The following module yields

 HaskTagsTest.hs,0

 It should have included the identifier a, b, c and d in the TAGS file. My
 suggestion would be to remove it from the manual and stop distributing it
 or to replace it, since also on real code it is of no help and only wastes
 time.
 {{{
 module Zork where

 a = putStrLn "hi"
 b = putStrLn "hi"
 c = putStrLn "hi"
 d = putStrLn "hi"
 }}}
 Priority should maybe be set to high, since navigating source trees is
 simplified via the TAGS files.

--

Comment:

 It was removed from GHC last year:

 {{{
 Fri May 15 14:57:55 BST 2009  Ian Lynagh <igloo at earth.li>
   * Move hasktags out of the GHC repo
   Now configure looks for it as an installed program instead.

     M ./aclocal.m4 +12
     M ./configure.ac +2
     M ./ghc.mk -2
     M ./mk/config.mk.in -3 +2
     R ./utils/hasktags/HaskTags.hs
     R ./utils/hasktags/Makefile
     R ./utils/hasktags/README
     R ./utils/hasktags/ghc.mk
     R ./utils/hasktags/hasktags.cabal
     R ./utils/hasktags/
 }}}

 It is now on Hackage: [http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hasktags].

 The Users Guide needs to be updated; I'll do that.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1508#comment:11>
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