[project @ 2001-05-02 12:14:49 by simonpj]

A bit more about flags for generics

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.sgml
index d390f71..57dbc00 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.sgml
@@ -3426,7 +3426,10 @@ where clause and over-ride whichever methods you please.
       <para>To use generics you need to</para>
       <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
-         <para>Use the <option>-fgenerics</option> flag.</para>
+         <para>Use the flags <option>-fglasgow-exts</option> (to enable the extra syntax), 
+                <option>-fgenerics</option> (to generate extra per-data-type code),
+                and <option>-package lang</option> (to make the <literal>Generics</literal> library
+                available.  </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Import the module <literal>Generics</literal> from the