Hi
> How about a {-# IMPOSSIBLE #-} pragma that documents the fact that a
> particular point in the program *should* be unreachable?
Why not make it a function taking a string and returning a value of
any type. Then we can keep our language and not break various
parsing/type checking properties and rules on pragmas. We can even
define it:
impossible = error
Now you can use tools like Catch and Reach to ensure it is impossible.
I think it would be nice to distinguish between:
* error - inserted by the compiler
* impossible - the programmer knows this can't occur
* abort - deliberate aborting because the user made some mistake.
The safe library provides abort already.
Thanks
Neil
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