#10189: explicit promotions of prefix data constructors can't be parsed naturally -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Kinokkory | Owner: Kinokkory Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.4 (Parser) | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: GHC rejects | Test Case: valid program | Blocking: Blocked By: | Differential Revisions: Related Tickets: #10188 | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj): Ah well making `'` scope over a ''term'', not just a ''name'', is a whole new unexplored ball of wax. I'd rather make what we have fit together nicely, otherwise we pay now for a distant and uncertain future benefit. We can jump future bridges when we come to them. I don't think we have enough legacy code to make wibblification on existing packages into a serious problem. I suppose we could allow both forms for a while, but emit deprecation messages for the old one. But I don't think that even that is worth the trouble. Let's just make the change: * `(':)`, not `'(:)` * {{{`'Bar`}}}, not {{{'`Bar`}}}. Can someone do this? -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10189#comment:7 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler