GHC.Types.Name

GHC uses several kinds of name internally:

• OccName: see GHC.Types.Name.Occurrence
• RdrName: see GHC.Types.Name.Reader
• Name is the type of names that have had their scoping and binding resolved. They have an OccName but also a Unique that disambiguates Names that have the same OccName and indeed is used for all Name comparison. Names also contain information about where they originated from, see GHC.Types.Name
• Id: see GHC.Types.Id
• Var: see GHC.Types.Var

Names are one of:

• External, if they name things declared in other modules. Some external Names are wired in, i.e. they name primitives defined in the compiler itself
• Internal, if they name things in the module being compiled. Some internal Names are system names, if they are names manufactured by the compiler

The main types

data Name

A unique, unambiguous name for something, containing information about where that thing originated.

Instances

Data Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

gfoldl :: (forall d b. Data d => c (d -> b) -> d -> c b) -> (forall g. g -> c g) -> Name -> c Name

gunfold :: (forall b r. Data b => c (b -> r) -> c r) -> (forall r. r -> c r) -> Constr -> c Name

toConstr :: Name -> Constr

dataTypeOf :: Name -> DataType

dataCast1 :: Typeable t => (forall d. Data d => c (t d)) -> Maybe (c Name)

dataCast2 :: Typeable t => (forall d e. (Data d, Data e) => c (t d e)) -> Maybe (c Name)

gmapT :: (forall b. Data b => b -> b) -> Name -> Name

gmapQl :: (r -> r' -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Name -> r

gmapQr :: forall r r'. (r' -> r -> r) -> r -> (forall d. Data d => d -> r') -> Name -> r

gmapQ :: (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Name -> [u]

gmapQi :: Int -> (forall d. Data d => d -> u) -> Name -> u

gmapM :: Monad m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name

gmapMp :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name

gmapMo :: MonadPlus m => (forall d. Data d => d -> m d) -> Name -> m Name

NFData Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

rnf :: Name -> ()

NamedThing Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

getOccName :: Name -> OccName

getName :: Name -> Name

HasOccName Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

occName :: Name -> OccName

Uniquable Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

getUnique :: Name -> Unique

Binary Name

Assumes that the Name is a non-binding one. See putIfaceTopBndr and getIfaceTopBndr for serializing binding Names. See UserData for the rationale for this distinction.

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

put_ :: BinHandle -> Name -> IO ()

put :: BinHandle -> Name -> IO (Bin Name)

get :: BinHandle -> IO Name

Outputable Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

ppr :: Name -> SDoc

OutputableBndr Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

pprBndr :: BindingSite -> Name -> SDoc

pprPrefixOcc :: Name -> SDoc

pprInfixOcc :: Name -> SDoc

bndrIsJoin_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Int

Eq Name

The same comments as for Name's Ord instance apply.

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

(==) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

(/=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

Ord Name

Caution: This instance is implemented via nonDetCmpUnique, which means that the ordering is not stable across deserialization or rebuilds.

See nonDetCmpUnique for further information, and trac #15240 for a bug caused by improper use of this instance.

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

compare :: Name -> Name -> Ordering

(<) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

(<=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

(>) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

(>=) :: Name -> Name -> Bool

max :: Name -> Name -> Name

min :: Name -> Name -> Name

type Anno Name

Defined in GHC.Hs.Extension

type Anno Name = SrcSpanAnnN

type Anno (LocatedN Name)

Defined in GHC.Hs.Binds

type Anno (LocatedN Name) = SrcSpan

type Anno [LocatedN Name]

Defined in GHC.Hs.Binds

type Anno [LocatedN Name] = SrcSpan

data BuiltInSyntax

BuiltInSyntax is for things like (:), [] and tuples, which have special syntactic forms. They aren't in scope as such.

Constructors

BuiltInSyntax

UserSyntax

Creating Names

mkSystemName :: Unique -> OccName -> Name

Create a name brought into being by the compiler

mkSystemNameAt :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name

mkInternalName :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name

Create a name which is (for now at least) local to the current module and hence does not need a GenModule to disambiguate it from other Names

mkClonedInternalName :: Unique -> Name -> Name

mkDerivedInternalName :: (OccName -> OccName) -> Unique -> Name -> Name

mkSystemVarName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name

mkSysTvName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name

mkFCallName :: Unique -> String -> Name

Make a name for a foreign call

mkExternalName :: Unique -> Module -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name

Create a name which definitely originates in the given module

mkWiredInName :: Module -> OccName -> Unique -> TyThing -> BuiltInSyntax -> Name

Create a name which is actually defined by the compiler itself

Manipulating and deconstructing Names

nameUnique :: Name -> Unique

setNameUnique :: Name -> Unique -> Name

nameOccName :: Name -> OccName

nameNameSpace :: Name -> NameSpace

nameModule :: HasDebugCallStack => Name -> Module

nameModule_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Module

setNameLoc :: Name -> SrcSpan -> Name

tidyNameOcc :: Name -> OccName -> Name

localiseName :: Name -> Name

Make the Name into an internal name, regardless of what it was to begin with

namePun_maybe :: Name -> Maybe FastString

nameSrcLoc :: Name -> SrcLoc

nameSrcSpan :: Name -> SrcSpan

pprNameDefnLoc :: Name -> SDoc

pprDefinedAt :: Name -> SDoc

pprFullName :: Module -> Name -> SDoc

Print fully qualified name (with unit-id, module and unique)

pprTickyName :: Module -> Name -> SDoc

Print a ticky ticky styled name

Module argument is the module to use for internal and system names. When printing the name in a ticky profile, the module name is included even for local things. However, ticky uses the format "x (M)" rather than "M.x". Hence, this function provides a separation from normal styling.

Predicates on Names

isSystemName :: Name -> Bool

isInternalName :: Name -> Bool

isExternalName :: Name -> Bool

isTyVarName :: Name -> Bool

isTyConName :: Name -> Bool

isDataConName :: Name -> Bool

isValName :: Name -> Bool

isVarName :: Name -> Bool

isDynLinkName :: Platform -> Module -> Name -> Bool

Will the Name come from a dynamically linked package?

isWiredInName :: Name -> Bool

isWiredIn :: NamedThing thing => thing -> Bool

isBuiltInSyntax :: Name -> Bool

isHoleName :: Name -> Bool

wiredInNameTyThing_maybe :: Name -> Maybe TyThing

nameIsLocalOrFrom :: Module -> Name -> Bool

Returns True if the name is (a) Internal (b) External but from the specified module (c) External but from the interactive package

The key idea is that False means: the entity is defined in some other module you can find the details (type, fixity, instances) in some interface file those details will be stored in the EPT or HPT

True means: the entity is defined in this module or earlier in the GHCi session you can find details (type, fixity, instances) in the TcGblEnv or TcLclEnv

The isInteractiveModule part is because successive interactions of a GHCi session each give rise to a fresh module (Ghci1, Ghci2, etc), but they all come from the magic interactive package; and all the details are kept in the TcLclEnv, TcGblEnv, NOT in the HPT or EPT. See Note [The interactive package] in GHC.Runtime.Context

nameIsExternalOrFrom :: Module -> Name -> Bool

Returns True if the name is external or from the interactive package See documentation of nameIsLocalOrFrom function

nameIsHomePackage :: Module -> Name -> Bool

nameIsHomePackageImport :: Module -> Name -> Bool

nameIsFromExternalPackage :: HomeUnit -> Name -> Bool

Returns True if the Name comes from some other package: neither this package nor the interactive package.

stableNameCmp :: Name -> Name -> Ordering

Compare Names lexicographically This only works for Names that originate in the source code or have been tidied.

Class NamedThing and overloaded friends

class NamedThing a where

A class allowing convenient access to the Name of various datatypes

Minimal complete definition

getName

Methods

getOccName :: a -> OccName

getName :: a -> Name

Instances

NamedThing Class

Defined in GHC.Core.Class

Methods

getOccName :: Class -> OccName

getName :: Class -> Name

NamedThing ConLike

Defined in GHC.Core.ConLike

Methods

getOccName :: ConLike -> OccName

getName :: ConLike -> Name

NamedThing DataCon

Defined in GHC.Core.DataCon

Methods

getOccName :: DataCon -> OccName

getName :: DataCon -> Name

NamedThing FamInst

Defined in GHC.Core.FamInstEnv

Methods

getOccName :: FamInst -> OccName

getName :: FamInst -> Name

NamedThing ClsInst

Defined in GHC.Core.InstEnv

Methods

getOccName :: ClsInst -> OccName

getName :: ClsInst -> Name

NamedThing PatSyn

Defined in GHC.Core.PatSyn

Methods

getOccName :: PatSyn -> OccName

getName :: PatSyn -> Name

NamedThing TyCon

Defined in GHC.Core.TyCon

Methods

getOccName :: TyCon -> OccName

getName :: TyCon -> Name

NamedThing IfaceClassOp

Defined in GHC.Iface.Syntax

Methods

getOccName :: IfaceClassOp -> OccName

getName :: IfaceClassOp -> Name

NamedThing IfaceConDecl

Defined in GHC.Iface.Syntax

Methods

getOccName :: IfaceConDecl -> OccName

getName :: IfaceConDecl -> Name

NamedThing IfaceDecl

Defined in GHC.Iface.Syntax

Methods

getOccName :: IfaceDecl -> OccName

getName :: IfaceDecl -> Name

NamedThing HoleFitCandidate

Defined in GHC.Tc.Errors.Hole.FitTypes

Methods

getOccName :: HoleFitCandidate -> OccName

getName :: HoleFitCandidate -> Name

NamedThing Name

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

getOccName :: Name -> OccName

getName :: Name -> Name

NamedThing TyThing

Defined in GHC.Types.TyThing

Methods

getOccName :: TyThing -> OccName

getName :: TyThing -> Name

NamedThing Var

Defined in GHC.Types.Var

Methods

getOccName :: Var -> OccName

getName :: Var -> Name

NamedThing (CoAxiom br)

Defined in GHC.Core.Coercion.Axiom

Methods

getOccName :: CoAxiom br -> OccName

getName :: CoAxiom br -> Name

NamedThing e => NamedThing (Located e)

Defined in GHC.Types.Name

Methods

getOccName :: Located e -> OccName

getName :: Located e -> Name

NamedThing (Located a) => NamedThing (LocatedAn an a)

Defined in GHC.Parser.Annotation

Methods

getOccName :: LocatedAn an a -> OccName

getName :: LocatedAn an a -> Name

NamedThing tv => NamedThing (VarBndr tv flag)

Defined in GHC.Types.Var

Methods

getOccName :: VarBndr tv flag -> OccName

getName :: VarBndr tv flag -> Name

NamedThing (HsTyVarBndr flag GhcRn)

Defined in GHC.Hs.Type

Methods

getOccName :: HsTyVarBndr flag GhcRn -> OccName

getName :: HsTyVarBndr flag GhcRn -> Name

getSrcLoc :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcLoc

getSrcSpan :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcSpan

getOccString :: NamedThing a => a -> String

getOccFS :: NamedThing a => a -> FastString

pprInfixName :: (Outputable a, NamedThing a) => a -> SDoc

pprPrefixName :: NamedThing a => a -> SDoc

pprModulePrefix :: PprStyle -> Module -> OccName -> SDoc

pprNameUnqualified :: Name -> SDoc

Print the string of Name unqualifiedly directly.

nameStableString :: Name -> String

Get a string representation of a Name that's unique and stable across recompilations. Used for deterministic generation of binds for derived instances. eg. "$aeson_70dylHtv1FFGeai1IoxcQr$Data.Aeson.Types.Internal$String"

module GHC.Types.Name.Occurrence