template-haskell Use named fields in Info

Problem

The meaning of the fields for constructors of Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax.Info must be guessed.

See #1576 (closed)

Proposed Change

Naming the fields for each constructor helps reduce this confusion. Compare documentations:

New

http://code.haskell.org/~aavogt/libraries/template-haskell/Language-Haskell-TH-Syntax.html#t%3AInfo

Old

http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/template-haskell-2.4.0.1/Language-Haskell-TH-Syntax.html#t%3AInfo

Issues

The Show instance changes (no Read).

Namespace conflicts.

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.12.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	libraries/base
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changed weight to 5

added Tbug Trac import core libraries labels

Attached file document-info-with-named-fields_.dpatch (download).

changed milestone to %Not GHC

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Component	libraries/base → libraries (other)

closed

This looks like an abandoned proposal. If that's not the case, please re-open and give a link to the discussion thread, a summary of the discussion, and the consensus decision, as described on the process page.

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Resolution	Unresolved → ResolvedWon'tFix

There was no discussion, but I forgot a due-date: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.haskell.libraries/13017

I'm not sure the changes are helpful anymore, which is probably why I didn't follow up.

added Pnormal label

marked this issue as related to #20828