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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
index a08ace929f..e8e721c36b 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
+++ b/docs/users_guide/glasgow_exts.xml
@@ -210,22 +210,20 @@ in a <emphasis>top-level</emphasis> binding.
in a <emphasis>recursive</emphasis> binding.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para> You may bind unboxed variables in a (non-recursive,
-non-top-level) pattern binding, but any such variable causes the entire
-pattern-match
-to become strict. For example:
+non-top-level) pattern binding, but you must make any such pattern-match
+strict. For example, rather than:
<programlisting>
data Foo = Foo Int Int#
f x = let (Foo a b, w) = ..rhs.. in ..body..
</programlisting>
-Since <literal>b</literal> has type <literal>Int#</literal>, the entire pattern
-match
-is strict, and the program behaves as if you had written
+you must write:
<programlisting>
data Foo = Foo Int Int#
- f x = case ..rhs.. of { (Foo a b, w) -> ..body.. }
+ f x = let !(Foo a b, w) = ..rhs.. in ..body..
</programlisting>
+since <literal>b</literal> has type <literal>Int#</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>