[project @ 2003-03-11 12:26:14 by stolz]

Add comment about lack of instance-support in .hi-boot

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.sgml
index 1678413..42abfee 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/separate_compilation.sgml
@@ -631,7 +631,9 @@ newtype GHC.IOBase.IO a
        <listitem>
          <para>Only <literal>data</literal>, <literal>type</literal>,
          <literal>newtype</literal>, <literal>class</literal>, and
-         type signature declarations may be included.</para>
+         type signature declarations may be included. You cannot declare
+         <literal>instances</literal> or derive them automatically.
+</para>
        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>