Use OPTIONS rather than OPTIONS_GHC for pragmas

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

diff --git a/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs b/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
index cd21b9d..f2bef26 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
+++ b/compiler/basicTypes/Var.lhs
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 \section{@Vars@: Variables}
 
 \begin{code}
+{-# OPTIONS -w #-}
+-- The above warning supression flag is a temporary kludge.
+-- While working on this module you are encouraged to remove it and fix
+-- any warnings in the module. See
+--     http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/CodingStyle#Warnings
+-- for details
+
 module Var (
        Var, 
        varName, varUnique, varType,
@@ -201,7 +208,8 @@ mkTyVar name kind = ASSERT( not (isCoercionKind kind ) )
 
 mkTcTyVar :: Name -> Kind -> TcTyVarDetails -> TyVar
 mkTcTyVar name kind details
-  = ASSERT( not (isCoercionKind kind) )
+  = -- TOM: no longer valid assertion? 
+    -- ASSERT( not (isCoercionKind kind) )
     TcTyVar {  varName    = name,
                realUnique = getKey# (nameUnique name),
                varType  = kind,