Add -fwan-sum-type-partial-field-accessor
This a a new warning flag that would be off by default and warns when a sum type is defined with field accessors that are partial. For an example of something that would trigger the warning:
data Option a
= Some { getSome :: a }
| None
In production quality Haskell code it usually desirable to outright ban partial functions like head, fromJust etc by use of a custom prelude. Unfortunately partial functions can still sneak into a code base via field accessors in sum types.
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| Version | 8.4.3 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler |
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