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

[GHC]

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

  * status:  patch => closed
  * resolution:  => fixed


Comment:

 OK I've pushed this
 {{{
 commit c56c355b0f5504f8afd062ca4c78a8bb40905299
 Author: Andrew Farmer <afarmer at ittc.ku.edu>
 Date:   Thu Dec 6 15:47:33 2012 -0600

     Only allow special NeverActive syntax for RULES.

  compiler/parser/Parser.y.pp       |   17 +++++++++++++----
  docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml |    3 +++
  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 }}}
 plus an extra sentence in the docs
 {{{
 commit d3e2912ac2048346828539e0dfef6c0cefef0d38
 Author: Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj at microsoft.com>
 Date:   Fri Dec 21 13:17:26 2012 +0000

     Clarify documentation of [~] syntax on RULE activations

  docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml |    3 +++
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7162#comment:13>
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