#10933: REMOVED pragma -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: goldfire | Owner: Type: feature | Status: new request | Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Say I have a function that's been deprecated for some time. Then I remove it. Some clients will still use the now-missing function. It would be nice to give a helpful error message, instead of a "symbol not found" error. I thus propose a `REMOVED` pragma. The syntax is identical to `DEPRECATED`, except for the name of the pragma. Whenever a `REMOVED` function is mentioned, the error message includes the string from the pragma. (This includes trying to define a `REMOVED` class method in an instance.) See Design/DeprecationMechanisms for more info and related efforts. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10933 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler