7696f491
by Vladislav Zavialov at 2026-03-27T12:41:59-04:00
Infix holes in types (#11107)
This patch introduces several improvements that follow naturally from
refactoring HsOpTy to represent the operator as an HsType, aligning it
with the approach taken by OpApp and HsExpr.
User-facing changes:
1. Infix holes (t1 `_` t2) are now permitted in types, following the
precedent set by term-level expressions.
Test case: T11107
2. Error messages for illegal promotion ticks are now reported at more
precise source locations.
Test case: T17865
Internal changes:
* The definition of HsOpTy now mirrors that of OpApp:
| HsOpTy (XOpTy p) (LHsType p) (LHsType p) (LHsType p)
| OpApp (XOpApp p) (LHsExpr p) (LHsExpr p) (LHsExpr p)
This moves us one step closer to unifying HsType and HsExpr.
* Ignoring locations,
the old pattern match (HsOpTy x prom lhs op rhs)
is now written as (HsOpTy x lhs (HsTyVar x' prom op) rhs)
but we also handle (HsOpTy x lhs (HsWildCardTy x') rhs)
Constructors other than HsTyVar and HsWildCardTy never appear
in the operator position.
* The various definitions across the compiler have been updated to work
with the new representation, drawing inspiration from the term-level
pipeline where appropriate. For example,
ppr_infix_ty <=> ppr_infix_expr
get_tyop <=> get_op
lookupTypeFixityRn <=> lookupExprFixityRn
(the latter is factored out from rnExpr)
Test cases: T11107 T17865