[project @ 1998-12-10 08:54:18 by simonpj]
This massive commit is what Simon has been up to for a couple of weeks.
1. Scoped type variables are in
2. The typechecker works a bit differently.
In partiular, the compiler no longer has TcTyVars of
a different type than TyVars.
All the 's' and 'flexi' type parameters have vanished from Id, TyVar,
Type, etc.
The typchecker monad is now in the IO world (though I didn't get
around to removing the 's' parameter from the monad, but it's
no longer used)
Bottom line: significantly simpler,
fewer gratuitous conversions from TcType <-> Type
but less type security in the compiler
There was a reason for doing this now; somehow the 's' stuff
got in the way of kind inference for scoped type variables
and I lost patience with it.
3. Haskell98-style reporting of scope errors; i.e. you only get
an error if you use a variable that could mean two different things.
At the same time I did a lot of tidying-up in the renamer.
4. Mostly-complete fix to the reporting of unused variables, which
has never worked properly. (The 'mostly' bit is because it reports
those 'system' tycons like _C as unused. I'm on the job.)
5. The parser is a bit tider than it was. A few more ugn files give
a more refined C data type. I had to tackle this because of
the scoped type variables.
6. Haskell98-style fixities. Fixity decls can occur wherever a type
signature can
7. Some HsSyn changes that constitute minor tidy ups
Put TypeDecl and ClassDecl into one type [HsDecls]
Improved the HsMatch/GRHSs etc data types.
8. TcGRHSs is removed; combined into TcMatches.
I DO NOT PROMISE THAT ALL OF THIS WORKS. It compiles the Prelude,
but I have not tested it more than that. Stick to 4.01 if you want a
compiler that's sure to work.