#254: Misleading documentation on comments in .cabal ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: guest | Owner: Type: defect | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: misc | Version: 1.2.3.0 Severity: minor | Keywords: Difficulty: very easy (<1 hour) | Ghcversion: 6.8.2 Platform: | ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- in http://www.haskell.org/cabal/release/latest/doc/users-guide/x30.html #pkg-descr we read, "In the package description file, lines beginning with "--" are treated as comments and ignored." This isn't right, since it's actually -- after any amount of whitespace; you can indent as you please, and cabal will still treat it as a comment and not try to interpret your crazy English stuff. It's a bit misleading. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/254 Hackage http://haskell.org/cabal/ Hackage: Cabal and related projects