#8488: Annotations should not distinguish type and value -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: simonpj | Owner: errge Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by simonpj): I'm not sure it's a mistake for TH to just use `String`. TH is meant to be close to Haskell source. And it might impact a lot of people to change this. I'm more open to adding `hasOccName` to `OutputableBndr`. But it seems like a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Unless there are other uses for it, it might be tidier to change `AnndDecl` thus: {{{ data AnnDecl Name = HsAnnotation Name NameSpace (Located (HsExpr name)) }}} with the invariant that the `NameSpace` should match that of the `Name`. That would remove a tiresome additional type, perhaps clarify the intent. Simon -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8488#comment:4 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler