#12400: Suggest misspelling if a type signature has similarly named binding -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Iceland_jack | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: lowest | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 8.0.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Incorrect | Unknown/Multiple warning at compile-time | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Description changed by Iceland_jack: @@ -46,1 +46,0 @@ - baldur@Loki:/tmp$ New description: Due to clumsy fingers I often run into {{{#!hs mkBinder :: a mkBidner = undefined }}} errors with {{{ t1ZE.hs:1:1-8: error: … The type signature for ‘mkBinder’ lacks an accompanying binding Compilation failed. }}} Maybe it could mention {{{ note: did you mean 'mkBinder'? }}} ---- How `clang` does it {{{#!c #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { prinft("hi"); } }}} {{{ % clang -Werror c.c c.c:5:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'prinft' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration] prinft("hi"); ^ c.c:5:3: note: did you mean 'printf'? /usr/include/stdio.h:362:12: note: 'printf' declared here extern int printf (const char *__restrict __format, ...); ^ 1 error generated. }}} -- -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12400#comment:1> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler