What about calling this function?
GHC.Tc.Plugin.newUnique :: TcPluginM Unique
The module GHC.Tc.Plugin provides facilities to plugins.
More generally, here is the manual page for plugins
https://ghc.gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/doc/users_guide/extending_ghc.html#compil....
Is it adequate?
I notice that
- it mentions the module GHC.Plugins (but only in code fragments)
- it does not mention GHC.Tc.Plugins; neither does GHC.Plugins re-export
GHC.Tc.Plugins
It would be great if some plugin authors felt able to offer patches to
improve. Maybe open a GHC ticket?
Simon
On Sat, 2 Aug 2025 at 14:16, Wolfgang Jeltsch
[Since it seems that `glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org` is essentially an announcements-only mailing list these days, I’m re-sending my recent e-mail to that mailing list here.]
Hello!
I want to generate AST fragments in a source plugin, and for this I need to generate fresh (local) names. My current approach is to use `mkSystemName`, but it, like many of the other name-generating operations, needs a value of type `Unique`. How can I generate such values? It seems that the `Hsc` monad doesn’t carry a value of type `UniqueSupply` with it.
All the best, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs