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Template Haskell only accepts semicolons not newlines in data declaration quotations

GHC 6.6 rejects a declaration quotation (i.e. [|d ... |]) containing multiple lines, but it accepts it if you change all newlines to semicolons. The latter makes code harder to read.

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Version 6.6
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority low
Resolution Unresolved
Component Template Haskell
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Edited by greenrd
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