#9804: Layering: Suspicious dependency from Parser to TcEvidence -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rodlogic | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: | Blocked By: None/Unknown | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by rodlogic): I see. Considering that the typechecker (and possibly the parser and renamer) augment the HsSyn syntax tree, there is another option that is not as invasive as the ones you mentioned above: separate these typechecker decorators into a minimal, lower-level 'TcSyn' module or package. At least HsSyn modules can import these decorators without risks. Maybe these dependencies are already carefully layered this way? Even if they are, the current folder layout gives no indication of this layering and cycles are bound to be introduced over time by unsuspecting contributors. I raised this issue motivated by the experience of trying to run the parser/lexer in isolation (granted, for reasons unrelated to the type checker) and suddenly having to compile hundreds of modules when conceptually parser and lexer should be fairly lower-level components (I am new to the code base so there is also a good chance that part of this is my own ignorance). -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9804#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler