From b9dc17005692a385ce24521ec626611f915d84cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "nr@eecs.harvard.edu" Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:27:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] new README file for utils/ghctags --- utils/ghctags/README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 utils/ghctags/README diff --git a/utils/ghctags/README b/utils/ghctags/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..56bb86f --- /dev/null +++ b/utils/ghctags/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This program should eventually replace the lexically-based +tags program. But before this can happen, several problems +must be addressed: + + * Performance is disastrous: it takes much longer to run ghctags + than it does to compile GHC + + * The program does not use the correct source-code locations + +The program accepts both its own arguments and options intended for GHC. +As a quick self-test, you can run + + ./ghctags -- -package ghc -- GhcTags.hs -- 1.7.10.4