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[ghc-hetmet.git] / docs / users_guide / separate_compilation.xml

diff --git a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml
index c33ff21..076af6e 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.xml
@@ -603,9 +603,9 @@ $ ghc -c parse/Foo.hs parse/Bar.hs gurgle/Bumble.hs -odir `arch`
       <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
-            <option>-no-recomp</option>
-            <indexterm><primary><option>-recomp</option></primary></indexterm>
-            <indexterm><primary><option>-no-recomp</option></primary></indexterm>
+            <option>-fforce-recomp</option>
+            <indexterm><primary><option>-fforce-recomp</option></primary></indexterm>
+            <indexterm><primary><option>-fno-force-recomp</option></primary></indexterm>
           </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Turn off recompilation checking (which is on by
@@ -816,12 +816,14 @@ can be given abstractly, by omitting the '=' sign and everything that follows.
 <programlisting>
   data R (x :: * -&#62; *) y
 </programlisting>
+You cannot use <literal>deriving</literal> on a data type declaration; write in
+<literal>instance</literal> declaration instead.
 </para></listitem>
 <listitem><para> Class declarations is exactly as in Haskell, except that you may not put
-default method declarations.  You can also omit all the class methods entirely.
+default method declarations.  You can also omit all the superclasses and class
+methods entirely; but you must either omit them all or put them all in.
 </para></listitem>
-<listitem><para> Do not include instance declarations. There is a complication to do with
-how the dictionary functions are named.  It may well work, but it's not a well-tested feature.
+<listitem><para> You can include instance declarations just as in Haskell; but omit the "where" part.
  </para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 </para>