Can't write unboxed sum type constructors in prefix form
You can write (# Int | Char #)
, but not (# | #) Int Char
. This is annoying since it prevents you from partially applying unboxed sum type constructors, and it also precludes you from doing cool things like reify ''(#||#)
(as I woefully noted here).
Luckily, I don't think fixing this would be too hard. The special case of parsing unboxed tuple type constructors as prefix is handled here, so I //think// we'd just need to add a similar case for unboxed sums.
Trac metadata
Trac field | Value |
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Version | 8.1 |
Type | Bug |
TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
Priority | normal |
Resolution | Unresolved |
Component | Compiler (Parser) |
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CC | osa1 |
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