#7901: Bad error message when using UnicodeSyntax ∀ without ExplicitForall -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Reporter: exbb2 | Owner: ajp Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect warning at | Unknown/Multiple compile-time | Difficulty: Test Case: | Unknown Blocking: | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: -------------------------------------------------+------------------------- Comment (by Austin Seipp ): In [changeset:96adf0e99b1a6595ee40ef9c05263a4fe73eb7c5/ghc]: {{{ #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc" revision="96adf0e99b1a6595ee40ef9c05263a4fe73eb7c5" Improve error when using forall with UnicodeSyntax Fixes Trac #7901. '∀' is neither upper nor lowercase, unlike the 'f' in 'forall', so when explicit forall is not enabled, it creates a parse error before reaching the '.', which is where we give a nice message for ascii 'forall'. Therefore, we make '∀' into a token as long as UnicodeSyntax is enabled, which is safe because its caselessness means it can never be mistaken for a symbol, and check extensions in the parser when the 'forall' rule is used. Authored-by: Paul Cavallaro Authored-by: Anders Papitto Signed-off-by: Austin Seipp }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7901#comment:6 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler