#10569: Treat an out-of-scope variable like a typed hole -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonpj | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- If we have {{{ f x = x + y }}} GHC currently reports `Not in scope: y`, and halts. It would be cool to treat `y` as a typed hole, so that * The out-of-scope message would give its type * Using `-fdefer-type-errors` we could defer the error to runtime. This was suggested in #5910 [https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5910#comment:19 comment 19], and [http://haskell.1045720.n5.nabble.com/fdefer-more-errors-td5809991.html this Haskell Cafe thread] -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10569 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler