suggestion: add a .ehs file type
Alex Jacobson
alex at alexjacobson.com
Fri Nov 23 15:10:33 EST 2007
Ok, added as a feature request.
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1921#preview
Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> | So, my suggestion is that in any case where the compiler currently
> | suggests use of a particular pragma in an error message, it should
> | instead turn that pragma on and produce a warning.
>
> In the cases where the compiler makes that suggestion, yes what you suggest would be feasible I think. But it would be patchy and ad hoc -- often the compiler would "do the right thing" (at least as you see it), but sometimes not.
>
> Nevertheless, patchy and ad-hoc solutions are sometimes very convenient. I certainly agree that messages of the form "bad programmer, you clearly meant X but you didn't *write* X; so go write X and then I'll compile your program" are tiresome.
>
> Why not make it a feature request and try to get people to vote for it (by adding themselves to the cc list and/or adding comments)?
>
> Simon
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