[GHC] #7783: MultiWayIf should start a new layout

21 Mar 2013

      #7783: MultiWayIf should start a new layout
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Reporter:  exbb2             |          Owner:                  
    Type:  bug               |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal            |      Component:  Compiler        
 Version:  7.6.2             |       Keywords:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple  |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Failure:  None/Unknown      |      Blockedby:                  
Blocking:                    |        Related:  #4359           
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 Currently, MultiWayIf doesn't fully replace old {{{case () of _}}} form.
 This outputs 3:

 {{{
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf #-}
 x = case () of
     _ | False -> case () of
                 _ | False -> 1
                   | False -> 2
       | True -> 3

 main = print (x :: Int)
 }}}

 but this errors out:

 {{{
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf #-}
 x = if | False -> if | False -> 1
                      | False -> 2
        | True -> 3

 main = print (x :: Int)
 }}}

 Every other syntax introducing guards starts a layout; MultiWayIf's
 current behavior leads to subtle logic bugs for those unaware that
 MultiWayIf is special.

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Ticket URL: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7783
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