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authorVladislav Zavialov <vlad.z.4096@gmail.com>2019-12-02 23:10:33 +0300
committerMarge Bot <ben+marge-bot@smart-cactus.org>2019-12-05 16:07:49 -0500
commit3354c68ec6c90bbccc0f361aa7973eeb75ea229c (patch)
treeb9c5e2f9627b25b6d7bdf745b281b6771b8d5990 /compiler/utils/Outputable.hs
parentc4ca29c796fa86ad9d5cd4dfa1a5cdd4e0565fb0 (diff)
downloadhaskell-3354c68ec6c90bbccc0f361aa7973eeb75ea229c.tar.gz
Pretty-printing of the * kind
Before this patch, GHC always printed the * kind unparenthesized. This led to two issues: 1. Sometimes GHC printed invalid or incorrect code. For example, GHC would print: type F @* x = x when it meant to print: type F @(*) x = x In the former case, instead of a kind application we were getting a type operator (@*). 2. Sometimes GHC printed kinds that were correct but hard to read. Should Either * Int be read as Either (*) Int or as (*) Either Int ? This depends on whether -XStarIsType is enabled, but it would be easier if we didn't have to check for the flag when reading the code. We can solve both problems by assigning (*) a different precedence. Note that Haskell98 kinds are not affected: ((* -> *) -> *) -> * does NOT become (((*) -> (*)) -> (*)) -> (*) The parentheses are added when (*) is used in a function argument position: F * * * becomes F (*) (*) (*) F A * B becomes F A (*) B Proxy * becomes Proxy (*) a * -> * becomes a (*) -> *
Diffstat (limited to 'compiler/utils/Outputable.hs')
-rw-r--r--compiler/utils/Outputable.hs10
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/utils/Outputable.hs b/compiler/utils/Outputable.hs
index bbc365b774..0dda99020f 100644
--- a/compiler/utils/Outputable.hs
+++ b/compiler/utils/Outputable.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Outputable (
semi, comma, colon, dcolon, space, equals, dot, vbar,
arrow, larrow, darrow, arrowt, larrowt, arrowtt, larrowtt,
lparen, rparen, lbrack, rbrack, lbrace, rbrace, underscore,
- blankLine, forAllLit, kindType, bullet,
+ blankLine, forAllLit, bullet,
(<>), (<+>), hcat, hsep,
($$), ($+$), vcat,
sep, cat,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ import GhcPrelude
import {-# SOURCE #-} DynFlags( DynFlags, hasPprDebug, hasNoDebugOutput,
targetPlatform, pprUserLength, pprCols,
- useUnicode, useUnicodeSyntax, useStarIsType,
+ useUnicode, useUnicodeSyntax,
shouldUseColor, unsafeGlobalDynFlags,
shouldUseHexWordLiterals )
import {-# SOURCE #-} Module( UnitId, Module, ModuleName, moduleName )
@@ -649,12 +649,6 @@ rbrace = docToSDoc $ Pretty.rbrace
forAllLit :: SDoc
forAllLit = unicodeSyntax (char '∀') (text "forall")
-kindType :: SDoc
-kindType = sdocWithDynFlags $ \dflags ->
- if useStarIsType dflags
- then unicodeSyntax (char '★') (char '*')
- else text "Type"
-
bullet :: SDoc
bullet = unicode (char '•') (char '*')