#9714: Un-`wire` Integer type -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: hvr | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: Keywords: Integer | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Moderate (less | Type of failure: than a day) | None/Unknown Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: #9281 | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: Phab:351 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- `Integer` is currently a wired-in type for `integer-gmp`. This requires replicating its inner structure in `TysWiredIn.lhs`, which makes it much harder to change `Integer` to a more complex representation (like e.g. for #9281) In order to reduce the redundancy (due to wired-in type mirroring) and simplify the code, as [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.ghc.devel/5823/ suggested by Simon], `Integer` should no longer be a `wired-in` type but rather become a `known-key`-entity. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9714 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler