#9453: The example for GHC Generics is kinda broken -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Feuerbach | Owner: dreixel Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: | Version: 7.8.2 Documentation | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: | Related Tickets: None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by dreixel): Yes; certainly if the way the compiler nests sums in the automatic derivation of `Generic` instances changes, or if the user is giving their own instances, there is no guarantee that the serialisation outcome is the same. I could perhaps add a note to the example in the manual to highlight the fact that it doesn't try to work across different versions of the compiler. Updating the example to deal with different nestings would be overkill, I think. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9453#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler