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* TTG: Rework and improve splicesromes2022-06-011-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This commit redefines the structure of Splices in the AST. We get rid of `HsSplice` which used to represent typed and untyped splices, quasi quotes, and the result of splicing either an expression, a type or a pattern. Instead we have `HsUntypedSplice` which models an untyped splice or a quasi quoter, which works in practice just like untyped splices. The `HsExpr` constructor `HsSpliceE` which used to be constructed with an `HsSplice` is split into `HsTypedSplice` and `HsUntypedSplice`. The former is directly constructed with an `HsExpr` and the latter now takes an `HsUntypedSplice`. Both `HsType` and `Pat` constructors `HsSpliceTy` and `SplicePat` now take an `HsUntypedSplice` instead of a `HsSplice` (remember only /untyped splices/ can be spliced as types or patterns). The result of splicing an expression, type, or pattern is now comfortably stored in the extension fields `XSpliceTy`, `XSplicePat`, `XUntypedSplice` as, respectively, `HsUntypedSpliceResult (HsType GhcRn)`, `HsUntypedSpliceResult (Pat GhcRn)`, and `HsUntypedSpliceResult (HsExpr GhcRn)` Overall the TTG extension points are now better used to make invalid states unrepresentable and model the progression between stages better. See Note [Lifecycle of an untyped splice, and PendingRnSplice] and Note [Lifecycle of an typed splice, and PendingTcSplice] for more details. Updates haddock submodule Fixes #21263 ------------------------- Metric Decrease: hard_hole_fits -------------------------
* Separate AST from GhcPass (#18936)John Ericson2021-01-231-0/+22
---------------- What: There are two splits. The first spit is: - `Language.Haskell.Syntax.Extension` - `GHC.Hs.Extension` where the former now just contains helpers like `NoExtCon` and all the families, and the latter is everything having to do with `GhcPass`. The second split is: - `Language.Haskell.Syntax.<mod>` - `GHC.Hs.<mod>` Where the former contains all the data definitions, and the few helpers that don't use `GhcPass`, and the latter contains everything else. The second modules also reexport the former. ---------------- Why: See the issue for more details, but in short answer is we're trying to grasp at the modularity TTG is supposed to offer, after a long time of mainly just getting the safety benefits of more complete pattern matching on the AST. Now, we have an AST datatype which, without `GhcPass` is decently stripped of GHC-specific concerns. Whereas before, not was it GHC-specific, it was aware of all the GHC phases despite the parameterization, with the instances and parametric data structure side-by-side. For what it's worth there are also some smaller, imminent benefits: - The latter change also splits a strongly connected component in two, since none of the `Language.Haskell.Syntax.*` modules import the older ones. - A few TTG violations (Using GhcPass directly in the AST) in `Expr` are now more explicitly accounted for with new type families to provide the necessary indirection. ----------------- Future work: - I don't see why all the type families should live in `Language.Haskell.Syntax.Extension`. That seems anti-modular for little benefit. All the ones used just once can be moved next to the AST type they serve as an extension point for. - Decide what to do with the `Outputable` instances. Some of these are no orphans because they referred to `GhcPass`, and had to be moved. I think the types could be generalized so they don't refer to `GhcPass` and therefore can be moved back, but having gotten flak for increasing the size and complexity types when generalizing before, I did *not* want to do this. - We should triage the remaining contents of `GHC.Hs.<mod>`. The renaming helpers are somewhat odd for needing `GhcPass`. We might consider if they are a) in fact only needed by one phase b) can be generalized to be non-GhcPass-specific (e.g. take a callback rather than GADT-match with `IsPass`) and then they can live in `Language.Haskell.Syntax.<mod>`. For more details, see https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/wikis/implementing-trees-that-grow Bumps Haddock submodule