Provide warning for when RecordWildCards LHS {..} doesn't bind anything.
Given simple code like
{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
module M (foo) where
data D = D { d1 :: Int, d2 :: Int }
foo :: D -> Int -> Int
foo D{..} x = x + 5
There is no way that I know of to get GHC to warn us that the D{..} in foo is not binding anything at all.
This is very common after refactoring (perhaps foo looked like foo D{..} x = x + d1 + 5 before) and would be great to be able to get a warning about.
Of course it's not dead code as it still forces D to WHNF but if we're using RecordWildCards syntax then it's probably not what we were going for.
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| Version | 8.6.2 |
| Type | FeatureRequest |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
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