#8280: Deriving Show for Word# ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: monoidal | Owner: simonpj Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: highest | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.7 Resolution: fixed | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Test Case: deriving/should_run/T8280 | Difficulty: Unknown Blocking: | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Comment (by simonmar): There are a few things I'm confused about here. 1. The commit log says "make Word# a wired-in type", but actually it makes `Word` a wired-in type. (`Word#` is a primitive type) 2. Why does the example program need to know anything about `W#`, the constructor for `Word`, when it only mentioned `Word#`? 3. Why does `Word` need to be a wired-in type at all? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8280#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler