From de6bfe043e1d98a7459642e4d1b6077533d347eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Marlow <marlowsd@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:20:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] document special "this" syntax for PackageImports (#7409)
---
docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
index 2a1002a8c911..1c308cbc1ab9 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
@@ -1999,6 +1999,9 @@ import "network" Network.Socket
available from multiple packages, or is present in both the
current package being built and an external package.</para>
+ <para>The special package name <literal>this</literal> can be used to
+ refer to the current package being built.</para>
+
<para>Note: you probably don't need to use this feature, it was
added mainly so that we can build backwards-compatible versions of
packages when APIs change. It can lead to fragile dependencies in
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