[GHC] #7162: RULES that never fire (automatically)

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#7162: RULES that never fire (automatically)
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  Reporter:  andygill          |          Owner:                  
      Type:  feature request   |         Status:  patch           
  Priority:  normal            |      Milestone:  7.8.1           
 Component:  Compiler          |        Version:  7.7             
Resolution:                    |       Keywords:                  
        Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown      |     Difficulty:  Unknown         
  Testcase:                    |      Blockedby:                  
  Blocking:                    |        Related:                  
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Changes (by afarmer):

  * status:  new => patch


Comment:

 Here are two patches that implement option 1. This includes a note in the
 user's guide about [~] on RULES.

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7162#comment:12>
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