X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?p=ghc-hetmet.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Fusers_guide%2Fusing.xml;h=024a4e786963db7c0e2e3fef87fa9653dc679ffa;hp=fad30ac245558c17c752a0e1622d10647e6c8238;hb=9d0c8f842e35dde3d570580cf62a32779f66a6de;hpb=46f02d59813499ba2aa44e7831e0b69ec6d8f25d diff --git a/docs/users_guide/using.xml b/docs/users_guide/using.xml index fad30ac..024a4e7 100644 --- a/docs/users_guide/using.xml +++ b/docs/users_guide/using.xml @@ -844,7 +844,9 @@ ghc -c Foo.hs , , , - , and + , + , + , and . The following flags are simple ways to select standard “packages” of warnings: @@ -876,7 +878,8 @@ ghc -c Foo.hs , , , - , and + , + , and . @@ -992,7 +995,7 @@ foreign import "&f" f :: FunPtr t - Causes a warning to be emitted when a a datatype + Causes a warning to be emitted when a datatype T is imported with all constructors, i.e. T(..), but has been exported abstractly, i.e. T. @@ -1000,6 +1003,20 @@ foreign import "&f" f :: FunPtr t + : + + + + Causes a warning to be emitted when an unlifted type + is bound in a way that looks lazy, e.g. + where (I# x) = .... Use + where !(I# x) = ... instead. This will be an + error, rather than a warning, in GHC 6.14. + + + + + : @@ -1350,6 +1367,56 @@ f "2" = 2 + + : + + + unused do binding, warning + do binding, unused + + Report expressions occuring in do and mdo blocks + that appear to silently throw information away. + For instance do { mapM popInt xs ; return 10 } would report + the first statement in the do block as suspicious, + as it has the type StackM [Int] and not StackM (), but that + [Int] value is not bound to anything. The warning is suppressed by + explicitly mentioning in the source code that your program is throwing something away: + + do { _ <- mapM popInt xs ; return 10 } + + Of course, in this particular situation you can do even better: + + do { mapM_ popInt xs ; return 10 } + + + + + + + : + + + apparently erroneous do binding, warning + do binding, apparently erroneous + + Report expressions occuring in do and mdo blocks + that appear to lack a binding. + For instance do { return (popInt 10) ; return 10 } would report + the first statement in the do block as suspicious, + as it has the type StackM (StackM Int) (which consists of two nested applications + of the same monad constructor), but which is not then "unpacked" by binding the result. + The warning is suppressed by explicitly mentioning in the source code that your program is throwing something away: + + do { _ <- return (popInt 10) ; return 10 } + + For almost all sensible programs this will indicate a bug, and you probably intended to write: + + do { popInt 10 ; return 10 } + + + + + If you're feeling really paranoid, the