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The `.bkp` file format is used internally in GHC for testing Backpack; it permits a more concise syntax in which different units are defined in a single file, as opposed to needing separate files and an associated `.cabal` file.
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However, this file format is not specified or documented anywhere. Moreover, it doesn't support some important developer functionality such as `-ddump-tc-trace` (#20396). |
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However, the .bkp framework:
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- is not specified or documented anywhere,
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- doesn't support some important developer functionality such as `-ddump-tc-trace` (#20396),
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- doesn't report mistakes such as a mis-spelled unit name (#20487), causing a compiler crash which doesn't detail the source of the problem. |
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