On Thursday 18 August 2011, 19:13:45, Johan Tibell wrote: > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Simon Peyton-Jones > > <simo...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > | I shouldn't have to modify PrelNames since I kept GHC.Integer.Type, > > | no? Or does PrelNames have to contain the name of the module that > > | originally defined the type? > > > > Yes, exactly! > > This causes some trouble though, as the module named in PrelNames must > exist in both in integer-gmp and integer-simple i.e. it must be some > generic name like GHC.Integer.Type
GHC.Integer.Impl.Type ? > rather than a name containing e.g. > GMP. I could keep the data type definition where it is > (GHC.Integer.Type) but then I would have a hard time exporting it from > e.g. GHC.Integer.GMP.Internals without undoing Ian's patch which > removed the slightly odd GHC.Integer -> GHC.Integer.GMP.Internals -> > GHC.Integer.Type module dependency in integer-gmp. _______________________________________________ Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users
