#11460: OverloadedStrings cause error in annotation -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: alanz | Owner: Type: bug | Status: closed Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.10.3 Resolution: invalid | Keywords: Operating System: Linux | Architecture: Type of failure: GHC rejects | Unknown/Multiple valid program | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by rwbarton): * status: new => closed * resolution: => invalid Comment: Yes, it ''is'' an overloaded literal, so it desugars to {{{ {-# ANN module (fromString ("HLint: ignore Eta reduce" :: String)) #-} }}} The return type of `fromString` is ambiguous, as GHC says. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11460#comment:3 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler