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-rw-r--r--compiler/rename/RnSource.hs4
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diff --git a/compiler/rename/RnSource.hs b/compiler/rename/RnSource.hs
index beb7c5b705..596852031a 100644
--- a/compiler/rename/RnSource.hs
+++ b/compiler/rename/RnSource.hs
@@ -2206,6 +2206,10 @@ add gp loc (SpliceD _ splice@(SpliceDecl _ _ flag)) ds
where
badImplicitSplice = text "Parse error: module header, import declaration"
$$ text "or top-level declaration expected."
+ -- The compiler should suggest the above, and not using
+ -- TemplateHaskell since the former suggestion is more
+ -- relevant to the larger base of users.
+ -- See Trac #12146 for discussion.
-- Class declarations: pull out the fixity signatures to the top
add gp@(HsGroup {hs_tyclds = ts, hs_fixds = fs}) l (TyClD _ d) ds