#10117: Change the scheme for reporting redundant imports -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: simonpj | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.4 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Test Case: | Related Tickets: Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The current scheme for reporting redundant imports is given on the [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/UnusedImports unused imports page]. [wiki:Migration/7.10#GHCsaysTheimportof...isredundant The 7.10 migration page] describes a hack to avoid redundant-import warnings during migration, without using CPP. The hack works for {{{ module Foo (Int, Word, Monoid(..)) where import Data.Monoid import Data.Word import Prelude }}} (the hack is putting `import Prelude` at the bottom). To understand why, read the specification on the [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/UnusedImports unused imports page]. But it fails for {{{ module Foo (Int, Word, Monoid(..)) where import Data.Monoid (Monoid(..)) import Data.Word (Word) import Prelude }}} because the specification treats itemised imports like `import Data.Word(Word)` differently to "import all" imports. The question: '''is there alternative spec (vs the one on the [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/UnusedImports unused imports page]) that would support the behaviour desired here, without having other undesirable consequences?''' -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10117 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler