Re: [GHC] #8347: Add a Strict LANGUAGE pragma

#8347: Add a Strict LANGUAGE pragma -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: tibbe | Owner: adamse Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: DsStrictData Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Phab:D1033, | Phab:D1142 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by Ben Gamari ): In [changeset:"46a03fbec6a02761db079d1746532565f34c340f/ghc" 46a03fb/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="46a03fbec6a02761db079d1746532565f34c340f" Implement the Strict language extension Add a new language extension `-XStrict` which turns all bindings strict as if the programmer had written a `!` before it. This also upgrades ordinary Haskell to allow recursive and polymorphic strict bindings. See the wiki[1] and the Note [Desugar Strict binds] in DsBinds for specification and implementation details. [1] https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/StrictPragma Reviewers: austin, tibbe, simonpj, bgamari Reviewed By: tibbe, bgamari Subscribers: thomie Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D1142 GHC Trac Issues: #8347 }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8347#comment:14 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler