#12884: Parsing of literate files fails because of special character (#) -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: bales | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 (Parser) | Resolution: | Keywords: literate Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: GHC rejects | Unknown/Multiple valid program | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Description changed by bales: @@ -4,0 +4,2 @@ + Note: this error is only triggered when the sharp is the first character + on the line. New description: A sharp sign (#) in the documentation part of a literate haskell file causes the parser to fail. As I understand it, any line that doesn't start with a greater-than sign should be ignored. Note: this error is only triggered when the sharp is the first character on the line. {{{#!hs #+

module Empty where }}}

The previous code leads to the following error: with ghc-7.8.3: Bug.lhs:1:2: lexical error at character '+'[[BR]] with ghc-8.0.1: Bug.lhs:1:1: error: parse error on input ‘#+’ -- -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12884#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler