#11691: Documentation indicates RelaxedPolyRec is optional -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: dfeuer | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.0.1 Component: Documentation | Version: 8.0.1-rc2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: | Type of failure: Documentation Unknown/Multiple | bug Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- The documentation in "Other Type System Extensions" says "If `-XRelaxedPolyRec` is specified ..." and "With -XRelaxedPolyRec ..." and "This flag implies `-XRelaxedPolyRec`". There may be other references elsewhere. In fact, `RelaxedPolyRec` has been not only the default but in fact ''impossible to turn off'' since at least GHC 7.6.3. The documentation should probably stop mentioning the (long-meaningless) flag, and simply state that GHC uses Jones's extension instead. The Haskell Report section cited regarding contexts in explicit signatures for declaration groups is so vague that I'm not sure it's even worth mentioning that GHC relaxes it. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/11691 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler