layout rule infelicity

[Ketil Z. Malde]

Jon Fairbairn <Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> Why "-f" anyway? It took me ages to work out what
> "-fallow-overlapping-instances" meant -- I wondered how
> "fallow" could apply to overlapping instances.

I suppose it's a GCCism, where options starting with -f specifiy
*f*lags.  (Which doesn't seem to apply to GHC, unless there's a
-fno-allow... (of -fdont-allow...?))

-kzm
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