Re: [GHC] #7872: :info does not display "forall" for a synonym

3 May 2013

      #7872: :info does not display "forall" for a synonym
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Reporter:  monoidal                           |          Owner:                  
    Type:  bug                                |         Status:  new             
Priority:  normal                             |      Component:  Compiler        
 Version:  7.6.3                              |       Keywords:                  
      Os:  Unknown/Multiple                   |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Failure:  Incorrect warning at compile-time  |      Blockedby:                  
Blocking:                                     |        Related:                  
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Comment(by simonpj@…):

 commit 9e390fdd1f1da4ae5e218724414ee0091edac28d
 {{{
 Author: Simon Peyton Jones 
 Date:   Thu May 2 17:05:53 2013 +0100

     Don't suppress foralls in the RHS of a type synonym definition!

     Fixes Trac #7872

  compiler/main/PprTyThing.hs |    4 ++--
  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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