#10871: Implement "buildable" interface files which can be directly compiled without source -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: ezyang | Owner: ezyang Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.11 Resolution: | Keywords: backpack Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by simonpj): Tidying does a number of things, listed at the top of `TidyPgm`. I have not thought this through fully, but my guess is that most of them aren't what we want for a fat interface file; e.g. dropping rules; the whole `findExternalIds` thing; injecting implicit bindings, etc. But we probably do need one aspect of tidying, namely to rename things. Consider `\x_12 \x_14. x_12`, where the `_n` part is the unique. When we serialise into an interface file we drop the unique, so it's important that the `OccNames` don't shadow. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10871#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler