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 -- GitLab