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authorAndreas Klebinger <klebinger.andreas@gmx.at>2022-08-05 12:44:23 +0200
committerAndreas Klebinger <klebinger.andreas@gmx.at>2022-08-05 12:44:23 +0200
commitdf7d83cf9d9f4186d88d27e20cbea67444d7590f (patch)
tree03f09a6064b8dd204a08e054edf647333f0e7207
parent1d94a59fbadd56efec78680c89946eb425eef418 (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/andreas/docs-parser.tar.gz
Document a divergence from the report in parsing function lhss.wip/andreas/docs-parser
GHC is happy to parse `(f) x y = x + y` when it should be a parse error based on the Haskell report. Seems harmless enough so we won't fix it but it's documented now. Fixes #19788
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diff --git a/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst b/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
index a60bb493e5..2a4de4c4be 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/bugs.rst
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ Lexical syntax
varid → small {idchar} ⟨reservedid⟩
conid → large {idchar}
+- GHC allows redundant parantheses around the function name in the `funlhs` part of declarations.
+ That is GHC will succeed in parsing a declaration like `((f)) x = <rhs>` for any number
+ of parantheses around `f`.
+
.. _infelicities-syntax:
Context-free syntax