#13173: Investigate old comment at the top of SrcLoc -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mpickering | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: lowest | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: newcomer | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Unknown/Multiple | Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- There is a comment at the top of `SrcLoc` which says {{{ {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-omit-interface-pragmas #-} -- Workaround for Trac #5252 crashes the bootstrap compiler without -O -- When the earliest compiler we want to boostrap with is -- GHC 7.2, we can make RealSrcLoc properly abstract }}} This is a well-defined small task so I will mark it for newcomers. 1. Try to work out what the pragma is meant to do by reading #5252 2. Work out whether we can now make `RealSrcLoc` "properly abstract" (if it is not already) 3. Remove or update this comment and pragma. 4. Pray it doesn't break the whole compiler. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/13173 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler