Re: [GHC] #9242: Implement {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} and {-# INCOHERENT #-} pragmas

8 Aug 2014

      #9242: Implement {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} and {-# INCOHERENT #-} pragmas
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              Reporter:  simonpj     |            Owner:  diatchki
                  Type:  feature     |           Status:  new
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              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.2
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
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Comment (by Simon Peyton Jones <simonpj@…>):

 In [changeset:"dff0623d5ab13222c06b3ff6b32793e05b417970/ghc"]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="dff0623d5ab13222c06b3ff6b32793e05b417970"
 Implement the final change to INCOHERENT from Trac #9242

 The change here is to make INCOHERENT slightly more permissive:

   if the selected candidate is incoherent
   then ignore all unifying candidates

 This allows us to move the {-# INCOHERENT #-} pragma from
   from   instance Typeable (f a)
   to     Typeable (n:Nat) and Typable (s:Symbol)
 where it belongs, and where Trac #9242 said it should be.

 I don't think this will affect anyone.

 I've updated the user manual.
 }}}

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