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| author | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2010-04-16 20:54:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Ian Lynagh <igloo@earth.li> | 2010-04-16 20:54:16 +0000 |
| commit | 5e5018b65d98a090f069f3b861f30ffe3c196fd5 (patch) | |
| tree | ceb748f8976dd9b8f2d7989a299e44f887d9b425 /docs | |
| parent | 151491ff4436c3285266509b348f55152bdd0ecc (diff) | |
| download | haskell-5e5018b65d98a090f069f3b861f30ffe3c196fd5.tar.gz | |
Update the user guide so it talks about the newer "do rec" notation everywhere
Some of the problems highlighted in trac #3968.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/flags.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml index 7a52bdff36..e7c237b513 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/flags.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/flags.xml @@ -911,8 +911,14 @@ <entry><option>-XNoTypeOperators</option></entry> </row> <row> + <entry><option>-XDoRec</option></entry> + <entry>Enable <link linkend="recursive-do-notation">recursive do notation</link>.</entry> + <entry>dynamic</entry> + <entry><option>-XNoDoRec</option></entry> + </row> + <row> <entry><option>-XRecursiveDo</option></entry> - <entry>Enable <link linkend="mdo-notation">recursive do (mdo) notation</link>.</entry> + <entry>Enable <link linkend="mdo-notation">recursive do (mdo) notation</link>. This is deprecated; please use <link linkend="recursive-do-notation">recursive do notation</link> instead.</entry> <entry>dynamic</entry> <entry><option>-XNoRecursiveDo</option></entry> </row> diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml index cb8e96550b..4b1c7a1d83 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ it, you can use the <option>-XNoNPlusKPatterns</option> flag. <!-- ===================== Recursive do-notation =================== --> -<sect2 id="mdo-notation"> +<sect2 id="recursive-do-notation"> <title>The recursive do-notation </title> @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ It supports rebindable syntax (see <xref linkend="rebindable-syntax"/>). </para> </sect3> -<sect3> <title> Mdo-notation (deprecated) </title> +<sect3 id="mdo-notation"> <title> Mdo-notation (deprecated) </title> <para> GHC used to support the flag <option>-XRecursiveDo</option>, which enabled the keyword <literal>mdo</literal>, precisely as described in @@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ and the fixity declaration applies wherever the binding is in scope. For example, in a <literal>let</literal>, it applies in the right-hand sides of other <literal>let</literal>-bindings and the body of the <literal>let</literal>C. Or, in recursive <literal>do</literal> -expressions (<xref linkend="mdo-notation"/>), the local fixity +expressions (<xref linkend="recursive-do-notation"/>), the local fixity declarations of a <literal>let</literal> statement scope over other statements in the group, just as the bound name does. </para> |