#7595: Static flags code needs cleanup -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: jstolarek | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Driver | Version: 7.7 Resolution: | Keywords: Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Testcase: | Blockedby: Blocking: | Related: -------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Comment(by simonmar): Replying to [comment:8 jstolarek]:
Without .hs-boot there are cyclic module dependencies. Perhaps it would be possible to move around a couple of functions from one module to another and remove the cycle in this way but I fear this would cause more harm than good.
Right, the idea is to structure the code so that there is no cycle. That's why occasionally you'll see things in a strange-looking place, it's to avoid a cycle. Cycles (with `.hs-boot` files) mean less optimisation, and overall a more complex and hard-to-modify codebase. -- Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7595#comment:9 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler