Improve error message when 'forall' is not a keyword

[ghc-hetmet.git] / compiler / rename / RnEnv.lhs

diff --git a/compiler/rename/RnEnv.lhs b/compiler/rename/RnEnv.lhs
index 6c3567a..03e94bc 100644 (file)
--- a/compiler/rename/RnEnv.lhs
+++ b/compiler/rename/RnEnv.lhs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module RnEnv (
        mapFvRn, mapFvRnCPS,
        warnUnusedMatches, warnUnusedModules, warnUnusedImports, 
        warnUnusedTopBinds, warnUnusedLocalBinds,
-       dataTcOccs, unknownNameErr
+       dataTcOccs, unknownNameErr, perhapsForallMsg
     ) where
 
 #include "HsVersions.h"
@@ -986,10 +986,13 @@ unknownNameErr rdr_name
                          <+> quotes (ppr rdr_name))
         , extra ]
   where
-    extra | rdr_name == forall_tv_RDR 
-         = vcat [ptext (sLit "Perhaps you intended to use -XRankNTypes or similar flag"),
-                 ptext (sLit "to enable explicit-forall syntax: forall <tvs>. <type>?")]
-         | otherwise = empty
+    extra | rdr_name == forall_tv_RDR = perhapsForallMsg
+         | otherwise                 = empty
+
+perhapsForallMsg :: SDoc
+perhapsForallMsg 
+  = vcat [ ptext (sLit "Perhaps you intended to use -XRankNTypes or similar flag")
+        , ptext (sLit "to enable explicit-forall syntax: forall <tvs>. <type>")]
 
 unknownSubordinateErr :: SDoc -> RdrName -> SDoc
 unknownSubordinateErr doc op   -- Doc is "method of class" or