#2530: deriving Show adds extra parens for constructor with record syntax -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: spl | Owner: Type: bug | Status: patch Priority: lowest | Milestone: 7.12.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: None/Unknown | Unknown/Multiple Blocked By: | Test Case: Related Tickets: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: Phab:D669 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by thomie): * status: new => patch * differential: => Phab:D669 Comment: The 2010 report, section 11.4, mentions: "The result of `show` is a syntactically correct Haskell expression ... Parenthesis are only added where needed ..." -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2530#comment:24 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler