Fix Trac #2723: keep track of record field names in the renamer

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / basicTypes / RdrName.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/basicTypes/RdrName.lhs b/compiler/basicTypes/RdrName.lhs
index 56d4d20..31ffe6a 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/basicTypes/RdrName.lhs
+++ b/compiler/basicTypes/RdrName.lhs
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@ data GlobalRdrElt
          gre_prov :: Provenance        -- ^ Why it's in scope
     }
 
+-- | The children of a Name are the things that are abbreviated by the ".."
+--   notation in export lists.  Specifically:
+--     TyCon   Children are * data constructors
+--                          * record field ids
+--     Class   Children are * class operations
+-- Each child has the parent thing as its Parent
 data Parent = NoParent | ParentIs Name
              deriving (Eq)