Re: [GHC] #12514: Can't write unboxed sum type constructors in prefix form

24 Aug 2016

      #12514: Can't write unboxed sum type constructors in prefix form
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        Reporter:  RyanGlScott       |                Owner:
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.1
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
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Comment (by Ben Gamari <ben@…>):

 In [changeset:"613d745523f181991f6f916bbe58082b7970f7e6/ghc"
 613d7455/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="613d745523f181991f6f916bbe58082b7970f7e6"
 Template Haskell support for unboxed sums

 This adds new constructors `UnboxedSumE`, `UnboxedSumT`, and
 `UnboxedSumP` to represent unboxed sums in Template Haskell.

 One thing you can't currently do is, e.g., `reify ''(#||#)`, since I
 don't believe unboxed sum type/data constructors can be written in
 prefix form.  I will look at fixing that as part of #12514.

 Fixes #12478.

 Test Plan: make test TEST=T12478_{1,2,3}

 Reviewers: osa1, goldfire, austin, bgamari

 Reviewed By: goldfire, bgamari

 Subscribers: thomie

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D2448

 GHC Trac Issues: #12478
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