Re: deprecating

Ashley Yakeley <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cvs.ghc,gmane.comp.lang.haskell.cabal.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 22.10.2012 11:05, Johan Tibell wrote:

>> I think it's OK if a compiler accepts a program incorrectly marked
>> "Rank2Types" when it actually requires rank-n types?
>
> It's an interesting question: does Rank2Types mean "I require at 
> least
> rank-2 types" or "I only use rank-2 types"?

I think it means "I require at least rank-2 types".

To clarify, I think it's OK if a compiler accepts a program marked 
"Rank2Types" and incorrectly not marked "RankNTypes" when it actually 
requires rank-n types.

-- Ashley
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