On Sunday, July 9, 2017 1:05:44 AM EDT Andrés Sicard-Ramírez wrote: > While testing this RC candidate on Agda we found a compilation error. > > The error was caused by an *unused* module which *is* compiled by this > RC but it *is not* compiled by previous versions of GHC including > 8.2.1 RC 2. This module was listed in the `other-modules` field of the > `test-suite` section in the .cabal file. After removing the offending > module, we didn't find more problems. > > While I think GHC is doing the right thing here, it is not an obvious > error on medium size projects like Agda. This is the reason for > sharing this information.
Are you saying that Cabal is now compiling an unused module with legitimate errors that GHC detects? If so, that sounds like a Cabal issue rather than a GHC one. As you haven't offered example code, it's a bit hard to see just what you mean. _______________________________________________ ghc-devs mailing list ghc-devs@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs
