[GHC] #13921: LANGUAGE pragma is accepted in module body

4 Jul 2017

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The LANGUAGE pragma is a file-header pragma. A file-header pragma must
#13921: LANGUAGE pragma is accepted in module body
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           Reporter:  bgamari        |             Owner:  (none)
               Type:  bug            |            Status:  new
           Priority:  normal         |         Milestone:
          Component:  Compiler       |           Version:  8.0.1
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       Architecture:                 |   Type of failure:  None/Unknown
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 As pointed out in #13918, the
 [[https://www.haskell.org/onlinereport/haskell2010/haskellch12.html#x19-19100012.3|Haskell
 Report]] stipulates that,

 precede the module keyword in a source file.

 However, GHC accepts this program,
 {{{#!hs
 module Hi where

 h = {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-} 0
 }}}

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