warnUnusedImports, warnUnusedTopBinds :: [GlobalRdrElt] -> RnM ()
warnUnusedImports gres = ifOptM Opt_WarnUnusedImports (warnUnusedGREs gres)
-warnUnusedTopBinds gres = ifOptM Opt_WarnUnusedBinds (warnUnusedGREs gres)
+warnUnusedTopBinds gres
+ = ifOptM Opt_WarnUnusedBinds
+ $ do isBoot <- tcIsHsBoot
+ let noParent gre = case gre_par gre of
+ NoParent -> True
+ ParentIs _ -> False
+ -- Don't warn about unused bindings with parents in
+ -- .hs-boot files, as you are sometimes required to give
+ -- unused bindings (trac #3449).
+ gres' = if isBoot then filter noParent gres
+ else gres
+ warnUnusedGREs gres'
warnUnusedLocalBinds, warnUnusedMatches :: [Name] -> FreeVars -> RnM ()
warnUnusedLocalBinds = check_unused Opt_WarnUnusedBinds