#9628: Add Annotations to the AST to simplify source to source conversions
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Reporter: alanz | Owner: alanz
Type: feature | Status: new
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Priority: normal | Version: 7.9
Component: Compiler | Keywords:
Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown
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Differential Revisions: D297 |
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Comment (by simonpj):
I don't have data, but people are already complaining about the amount of
code generated by data type declarations #9669. Have you counted how many
data constructors there are in `HsSyn`? It's a LOT.
It just feels like a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Simon
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Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9628#comment:21>