#15284: Can't parse ''(*) in GHC HEAD -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: RyanGlScott | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: highest | Milestone: 8.6.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 8.5 (Parser) | Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by goldfire): This is tough. I guess `''*` (with `-XStarIsType`) is a bit like `''(=>)`. There really is no `*` -- there is now only `Type`. `*` is merely a syntactic gubbin that means `Type`. At first, this was an implementation decision that we thought was internal, but it seems that this decision is leaking via TH. That said, I'm OK with this behavior, but I could convinced if others thought this was poor form. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/15284#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler