#10599: Template Haskell doesn't allow `newName "type"` -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: meteficha | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Template Haskell | Version: 7.10.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by GregWeber): I just tested on 7.10.2 (the docker image which uses the hvr ppa). ``` ➜ th-bug docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/proj -w /proj haskell:7.10.2 ghc T.hs [1 of 2] Compiling Q ( Q.hs, Q.o ) [2 of 2] Compiling T ( T.hs, T.o ) T.hs:5:1: Illegal variable name: ‘type’ When splicing a TH declaration: ident_0 type_1 = type_1 ``` -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/10599#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler