I have been running a branch in !2418[1] for just over a year to migrate
the ghc-exactprint functionality directly into the GHC AST[2], and I am now
satisfied that it is able to provide all the same functionality as the
original.
This is one of the features intended for the impending 9.2.1 release
"Alan & Kim Zimmerman" writes:
> I have been running a branch in !2418[1] for just over a year to migrate
> the ghc-exactprint functionality directly into the GHC AST[2], and I am now
> satisfied that it is able to provide all the same functionality as the
> original.
>
> This is one of the featu
I've started a review, but sent along what I had when dinner was ready.
Hopefully more later, but don't wait up for me!
Incidentally: this is a monstrous patch, and so there is a strong incentive
just to get on with it without resolving all these quibbles. I won't stand in
your way on that fron
After a consult with Simon, I've updated the relevant wiki page at
https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/api-annotations with a sketch of a
design description for this new feature, along with lots of questions. Both
Simon and I agree that it may be more sensible to merge first and ask quest
Thanks Richard
This MR is a huge change, and hard to digest. But it is also a step
function, in that we cannot have the old way of using API Annotations for
exact printing and the new way at the same time.
So I have focused on making sure that it can actually do what I believe is
required, whi
