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authorsimonpj@microsoft.com <unknown>2010-09-14 11:38:50 +0000
committersimonpj@microsoft.com <unknown>2010-09-14 11:38:50 +0000
commit13adf25f23091c8ef1a14cfb11ed9379ffbaed90 (patch)
tree557bb930da2020b7c2d66ff3e212bfd14213e6c4 /compiler/iface/BuildTyCl.lhs
parentafe4534704e8e0c25e2f90c6c0a2e397ecef24db (diff)
downloadhaskell-13adf25f23091c8ef1a14cfb11ed9379ffbaed90.tar.gz
Comment on what an "enumeration" type is
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/iface/BuildTyCl.lhs b/compiler/iface/BuildTyCl.lhs
index de57feb928..4319d1fc18 100644
--- a/compiler/iface/BuildTyCl.lhs
+++ b/compiler/iface/BuildTyCl.lhs
@@ -112,15 +112,9 @@ mkDataTyConRhs :: [DataCon] -> AlgTyConRhs
mkDataTyConRhs cons
= DataTyCon {
data_cons = cons,
- is_enum = -- We define datatypes with no constructors to not be
- -- enumerations; this fixes trac #2578, Otherwise we
- -- end up generating an empty table for
- -- <mod>_<type>_closure_tbl
- -- which is used by tagToEnum# to map Int# to constructors
- -- in an enumeration. The empty table apparently upset
- -- the linker.
- not (null cons) &&
+ is_enum = not (null cons) &&
all isNullarySrcDataCon cons
+ -- See Note [Enumeration types] in TyCon
}
mkNewTyConRhs :: Name -> TyCon -> DataCon -> TcRnIf m n AlgTyConRhs