> Jan Laitenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] writes:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> Compiling our interpreter module causes the assembler to crash
>
> ghc -c -H45M Inter.hs
>
> returns:
>
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/tmp/ghc22153.s", line 572: error:
> statement syntax
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/tmp/ghc22153.s", line 572: error:
> statement syntax
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/tmp/ghc22153.s", line 590: error:
> statement syntax
> /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/tmp/ghc22153.s", line 590: error:
> statement syntax
>
>
> These lines look like: (I used -S to get the assembler file)
>
> .word 0r<<function>>
>
>
> Is this a valid assembler syntax?? If I delete "r<<function>>"
> the assembler accepts the program. But is it still correct then?
>
To quote from somewhere deep within the Prelude:
instance Show (a -> b) where
showsPrec _ _ = showString "<<function>>"
[meta-comment: could we just do away with this one? Beyond giving
rise to semi-entertaining bugs, it's of precious little practical use..]
Thanks for the report; fixed (one line patch attached.)
--Sigbjorn
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