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authorChaitanya Koparkar <ckoparkar@gmail.com>2019-04-19 09:50:54 -0400
committerMarge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org>2019-05-05 10:39:24 -0400
commit615b4be66341edb513785d3511e71803c45da90f (patch)
treeb52cb5145ada51a62f9356fd3f7c7c73b51bbd68
parentdc8a5868b0be03854927a5efab83a6e9a15e21d1 (diff)
downloadhaskell-615b4be66341edb513785d3511e71803c45da90f.tar.gz
Fix #16593 by having only one definition of -fprint-explicit-runtime-reps
[skip ci]
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.rst12
-rw-r--r--docs/users_guide/using.rst22
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.rst b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.rst
index c86f30d00b..6d09b44cb7 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.rst
@@ -9625,7 +9625,17 @@ when printing, and printing ``TYPE 'LiftedRep`` as ``Type`` (or ``*`` when
:extension:`StarIsType` is on).
Should you wish to see levity polymorphism in your types, enable
-the flag :ghc-flag:`-fprint-explicit-runtime-reps`.
+the flag :ghc-flag:`-fprint-explicit-runtime-reps`. For example,
+
+ .. code-block:: none
+
+ ghci> :t ($)
+ ($) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
+ ghci> :set -fprint-explicit-runtime-reps
+ ghci> :t ($)
+ ($)
+ :: forall (r :: GHC.Types.RuntimeRep) a (b :: TYPE r).
+ (a -> b) -> a -> b
.. _type-level-literals:
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.rst b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
index d11dedfb9a..23e0e1d1b8 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/using.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/using.rst
@@ -810,27 +810,6 @@ messages and in GHCi:
exposed to the programmer, but it is nevertheless displayed when
:ghc-flag:`-fprint-explicit-kinds` is enabled.
-.. ghc-flag:: -fprint-explicit-runtime-reps
- :shortdesc: Print ``RuntimeRep`` variables in types which are
- runtime-representation polymorphic.
- :type: dynamic
- :reverse: -fno-print-explicit-runtime-reps
- :category: verbosity
-
- When :ghc-flag:`-fprint-explicit-runtime-reps` is enabled, GHC prints
- ``RuntimeRep`` type variables for levity-polymorphic types.
- Otherwise GHC will default these to ``LiftedRep``. For example,
-
- .. code-block:: none
-
- ghci> :t ($)
- ($) :: (a -> b) -> a -> b
- ghci> :set -fprint-explicit-runtime-reps
- ghci> :t ($)
- ($)
- :: forall (r :: GHC.Types.RuntimeRep) a (b :: TYPE r).
- (a -> b) -> a -> b
-
.. ghc-flag:: -fprint-explicit-coercions
:shortdesc: Print coercions in types
:type: dynamic
@@ -1131,4 +1110,3 @@ Some flags only make sense for a particular use case.
included. This option can be used to specify the path to the
``ghcversions.h`` file to be included. This is primarily intended to be
used by GHC's build system.
-