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authorRyan Scott <ryan.gl.scott@gmail.com>2021-11-08 19:11:58 -0500
committerRyan Scott <ryan.gl.scott@gmail.com>2021-11-08 19:14:13 -0500
commitd7865c4e9fa139d5ba7a40211c1de3e30db0c2f5 (patch)
tree266ffaf0c32c95c5c7f3f5294284defcba228bbe /compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs
parentf8a98fd004769a0a0b700c34aee9df126797aa4b (diff)
downloadhaskell-wip/T20501.tar.gz
Flesh out Note [The stupid context] and reference itwip/T20501
`Note [The stupid context]` in `GHC.Core.DataCon` talks about stupid contexts from `DatatypeContexts`, but prior to this commit, it was rather outdated. This commit spruces it up and references it from places where it is relevant.
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diff --git a/compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs b/compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs
index c9e9129251..6739e9a375 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/Tc/Gen/Expr.hs
@@ -790,7 +790,8 @@ tcExpr expr@(RecordUpd { rupd_expr = record_expr, rupd_flds = Left rbnds }) res_
-- Typecheck the bindings
; rbinds' <- tcRecordUpd con1 con1_arg_tys' rbinds
- -- STEP 6: Deal with the stupid theta
+ -- STEP 6: Deal with the stupid theta.
+ -- See Note [The stupid context] in GHC.Core.DataCon.
; let theta' = substThetaUnchecked scrut_subst (conLikeStupidTheta con1)
; instStupidTheta RecordUpdOrigin theta'