ghc-8.2.1: basicTypes/Name.hs
{-
(c) The University of Glasgow 2006
(c) The GRASP/AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1992-1998
\section[Name]{@Name@: to transmit name info from renamer to typechecker}
-}
{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
-- |
-- #name_types#
-- GHC uses several kinds of name internally:
--
-- * 'OccName.OccName': see "OccName#name_types"
--
-- * 'RdrName.RdrName': see "RdrName#name_types"
--
-- * 'Name.Name' is the type of names that have had their scoping and binding resolved. They
-- have an 'OccName.OccName' but also a 'Unique.Unique' that disambiguates Names that have
-- the same 'OccName.OccName' and indeed is used for all 'Name.Name' comparison. Names
-- also contain information about where they originated from, see "Name#name_sorts"
--
-- * 'Id.Id': see "Id#name_types"
--
-- * 'Var.Var': see "Var#name_types"
--
-- #name_sorts#
-- Names are one of:
--
-- * External, if they name things declared in other modules. Some external
-- Names are wired in, i.e. they name primitives defined in the compiler itself
--
-- * Internal, if they name things in the module being compiled. Some internal
-- Names are system names, if they are names manufactured by the compiler
module Name (
-- * The main types
Name, -- Abstract
BuiltInSyntax(..),
-- ** Creating 'Name's
mkSystemName, mkSystemNameAt,
mkInternalName, mkClonedInternalName, mkDerivedInternalName,
mkSystemVarName, mkSysTvName,
mkFCallName,
mkExternalName, mkWiredInName,
-- ** Manipulating and deconstructing 'Name's
nameUnique, setNameUnique,
nameOccName, nameModule, nameModule_maybe,
setNameLoc,
tidyNameOcc,
localiseName,
mkLocalisedOccName,
nameSrcLoc, nameSrcSpan, pprNameDefnLoc, pprDefinedAt,
-- ** Predicates on 'Name's
isSystemName, isInternalName, isExternalName,
isTyVarName, isTyConName, isDataConName,
isValName, isVarName,
isWiredInName, isBuiltInSyntax,
isHoleName,
wiredInNameTyThing_maybe,
nameIsLocalOrFrom, nameIsHomePackage,
nameIsHomePackageImport, nameIsFromExternalPackage,
stableNameCmp,
-- * Class 'NamedThing' and overloaded friends
NamedThing(..),
getSrcLoc, getSrcSpan, getOccString, getOccFS,
pprInfixName, pprPrefixName, pprModulePrefix,
nameStableString,
-- Re-export the OccName stuff
module OccName
) where
import {-# SOURCE #-} TyCoRep( TyThing )
import {-# SOURCE #-} PrelNames( starKindTyConKey, unicodeStarKindTyConKey )
import OccName
import Module
import SrcLoc
import Unique
import Util
import Maybes
import Binary
import DynFlags
import FastString
import Outputable
import Control.DeepSeq
import Data.Data
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection[Name-datatype]{The @Name@ datatype, and name construction}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
-- | A unique, unambiguous name for something, containing information about where
-- that thing originated.
data Name = Name {
n_sort :: NameSort, -- What sort of name it is
n_occ :: !OccName, -- Its occurrence name
n_uniq :: {-# UNPACK #-} !Int,
n_loc :: !SrcSpan -- Definition site
}
-- NOTE: we make the n_loc field strict to eliminate some potential
-- (and real!) space leaks, due to the fact that we don't look at
-- the SrcLoc in a Name all that often.
data NameSort
= External Module
| WiredIn Module TyThing BuiltInSyntax
-- A variant of External, for wired-in things
| Internal -- A user-defined Id or TyVar
-- defined in the module being compiled
| System -- A system-defined Id or TyVar. Typically the
-- OccName is very uninformative (like 's')
instance Outputable NameSort where
ppr (External _) = text "external"
ppr (WiredIn _ _ _) = text "wired-in"
ppr Internal = text "internal"
ppr System = text "system"
instance NFData Name where
rnf Name{..} = rnf n_sort
instance NFData NameSort where
rnf (External m) = rnf m
rnf (WiredIn m t b) = rnf m `seq` t `seq` b `seq` ()
-- XXX this is a *lie*, we're not going to rnf the TyThing, but
-- since the TyThings for WiredIn Names are all static they can't
-- be hiding space leaks or errors.
rnf Internal = ()
rnf System = ()
-- | BuiltInSyntax is for things like @(:)@, @[]@ and tuples,
-- which have special syntactic forms. They aren't in scope
-- as such.
data BuiltInSyntax = BuiltInSyntax | UserSyntax
{-
Notes about the NameSorts:
1. Initially, top-level Ids (including locally-defined ones) get External names,
and all other local Ids get Internal names
2. In any invocation of GHC, an External Name for "M.x" has one and only one
unique. This unique association is ensured via the Name Cache;
see Note [The Name Cache] in IfaceEnv.
3. Things with a External name are given C static labels, so they finally
appear in the .o file's symbol table. They appear in the symbol table
in the form M.n. If originally-local things have this property they
must be made @External@ first.
4. In the tidy-core phase, a External that is not visible to an importer
is changed to Internal, and a Internal that is visible is changed to External
5. A System Name differs in the following ways:
a) has unique attached when printing dumps
b) unifier eliminates sys tyvars in favour of user provs where possible
Before anything gets printed in interface files or output code, it's
fed through a 'tidy' processor, which zaps the OccNames to have
unique names; and converts all sys-locals to user locals
If any desugarer sys-locals have survived that far, they get changed to
"ds1", "ds2", etc.
Built-in syntax => It's a syntactic form, not "in scope" (e.g. [])
Wired-in thing => The thing (Id, TyCon) is fully known to the compiler,
not read from an interface file.
E.g. Bool, True, Int, Float, and many others
All built-in syntax is for wired-in things.
-}
instance HasOccName Name where
occName = nameOccName
nameUnique :: Name -> Unique
nameOccName :: Name -> OccName
nameModule :: Name -> Module
nameSrcLoc :: Name -> SrcLoc
nameSrcSpan :: Name -> SrcSpan
nameUnique name = mkUniqueGrimily (n_uniq name)
nameOccName name = n_occ name
nameSrcLoc name = srcSpanStart (n_loc name)
nameSrcSpan name = n_loc name
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Predicates on names}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
isInternalName :: Name -> Bool
isExternalName :: Name -> Bool
isSystemName :: Name -> Bool
isWiredInName :: Name -> Bool
isWiredInName (Name {n_sort = WiredIn _ _ _}) = True
isWiredInName _ = False
wiredInNameTyThing_maybe :: Name -> Maybe TyThing
wiredInNameTyThing_maybe (Name {n_sort = WiredIn _ thing _}) = Just thing
wiredInNameTyThing_maybe _ = Nothing
isBuiltInSyntax :: Name -> Bool
isBuiltInSyntax (Name {n_sort = WiredIn _ _ BuiltInSyntax}) = True
isBuiltInSyntax _ = False
isExternalName (Name {n_sort = External _}) = True
isExternalName (Name {n_sort = WiredIn _ _ _}) = True
isExternalName _ = False
isInternalName name = not (isExternalName name)
isHoleName :: Name -> Bool
isHoleName = isHoleModule . nameModule
nameModule name =
nameModule_maybe name `orElse`
pprPanic "nameModule" (ppr (n_sort name) <+> ppr name)
nameModule_maybe :: Name -> Maybe Module
nameModule_maybe (Name { n_sort = External mod}) = Just mod
nameModule_maybe (Name { n_sort = WiredIn mod _ _}) = Just mod
nameModule_maybe _ = Nothing
nameIsLocalOrFrom :: Module -> Name -> Bool
-- ^ Returns True if the name is
-- (a) Internal
-- (b) External but from the specified module
-- (c) External but from the 'interactive' package
--
-- The key idea is that
-- False means: the entity is defined in some other module
-- you can find the details (type, fixity, instances)
-- in some interface file
-- those details will be stored in the EPT or HPT
--
-- True means: the entity is defined in this module or earlier in
-- the GHCi session
-- you can find details (type, fixity, instances) in the
-- TcGblEnv or TcLclEnv
--
-- The isInteractiveModule part is because successive interactions of a GCHi session
-- each give rise to a fresh module (Ghci1, Ghci2, etc), but they all come
-- from the magic 'interactive' package; and all the details are kept in the
-- TcLclEnv, TcGblEnv, NOT in the HPT or EPT.
-- See Note [The interactive package] in HscTypes
nameIsLocalOrFrom from name
| Just mod <- nameModule_maybe name = from == mod || isInteractiveModule mod
| otherwise = True
nameIsHomePackage :: Module -> Name -> Bool
-- True if the Name is defined in module of this package
nameIsHomePackage this_mod
= \nm -> case n_sort nm of
External nm_mod -> moduleUnitId nm_mod == this_pkg
WiredIn nm_mod _ _ -> moduleUnitId nm_mod == this_pkg
Internal -> True
System -> False
where
this_pkg = moduleUnitId this_mod
nameIsHomePackageImport :: Module -> Name -> Bool
-- True if the Name is defined in module of this package
-- /other than/ the this_mod
nameIsHomePackageImport this_mod
= \nm -> case nameModule_maybe nm of
Nothing -> False
Just nm_mod -> nm_mod /= this_mod
&& moduleUnitId nm_mod == this_pkg
where
this_pkg = moduleUnitId this_mod
-- | Returns True if the Name comes from some other package: neither this
-- pacakge nor the interactive package.
nameIsFromExternalPackage :: UnitId -> Name -> Bool
nameIsFromExternalPackage this_pkg name
| Just mod <- nameModule_maybe name
, moduleUnitId mod /= this_pkg -- Not this package
, not (isInteractiveModule mod) -- Not the 'interactive' package
= True
| otherwise
= False
isTyVarName :: Name -> Bool
isTyVarName name = isTvOcc (nameOccName name)
isTyConName :: Name -> Bool
isTyConName name = isTcOcc (nameOccName name)
isDataConName :: Name -> Bool
isDataConName name = isDataOcc (nameOccName name)
isValName :: Name -> Bool
isValName name = isValOcc (nameOccName name)
isVarName :: Name -> Bool
isVarName = isVarOcc . nameOccName
isSystemName (Name {n_sort = System}) = True
isSystemName _ = False
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Making names}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
-- | Create a name which is (for now at least) local to the current module and hence
-- does not need a 'Module' to disambiguate it from other 'Name's
mkInternalName :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
mkInternalName uniq occ loc = Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq
, n_sort = Internal
, n_occ = occ
, n_loc = loc }
-- NB: You might worry that after lots of huffing and
-- puffing we might end up with two local names with distinct
-- uniques, but the same OccName. Indeed we can, but that's ok
-- * the insides of the compiler don't care: they use the Unique
-- * when printing for -ddump-xxx you can switch on -dppr-debug to get the
-- uniques if you get confused
-- * for interface files we tidyCore first, which makes
-- the OccNames distinct when they need to be
mkClonedInternalName :: Unique -> Name -> Name
mkClonedInternalName uniq (Name { n_occ = occ, n_loc = loc })
= Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq, n_sort = Internal
, n_occ = occ, n_loc = loc }
mkDerivedInternalName :: (OccName -> OccName) -> Unique -> Name -> Name
mkDerivedInternalName derive_occ uniq (Name { n_occ = occ, n_loc = loc })
= Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq, n_sort = Internal
, n_occ = derive_occ occ, n_loc = loc }
-- | Create a name which definitely originates in the given module
mkExternalName :: Unique -> Module -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
-- WATCH OUT! External Names should be in the Name Cache
-- (see Note [The Name Cache] in IfaceEnv), so don't just call mkExternalName
-- with some fresh unique without populating the Name Cache
mkExternalName uniq mod occ loc
= Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq, n_sort = External mod,
n_occ = occ, n_loc = loc }
-- | Create a name which is actually defined by the compiler itself
mkWiredInName :: Module -> OccName -> Unique -> TyThing -> BuiltInSyntax -> Name
mkWiredInName mod occ uniq thing built_in
= Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq,
n_sort = WiredIn mod thing built_in,
n_occ = occ, n_loc = wiredInSrcSpan }
-- | Create a name brought into being by the compiler
mkSystemName :: Unique -> OccName -> Name
mkSystemName uniq occ = mkSystemNameAt uniq occ noSrcSpan
mkSystemNameAt :: Unique -> OccName -> SrcSpan -> Name
mkSystemNameAt uniq occ loc = Name { n_uniq = getKey uniq, n_sort = System
, n_occ = occ, n_loc = loc }
mkSystemVarName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name
mkSystemVarName uniq fs = mkSystemName uniq (mkVarOccFS fs)
mkSysTvName :: Unique -> FastString -> Name
mkSysTvName uniq fs = mkSystemName uniq (mkOccNameFS tvName fs)
-- | Make a name for a foreign call
mkFCallName :: Unique -> String -> Name
mkFCallName uniq str = mkInternalName uniq (mkVarOcc str) noSrcSpan
-- The encoded string completely describes the ccall
-- When we renumber/rename things, we need to be
-- able to change a Name's Unique to match the cached
-- one in the thing it's the name of. If you know what I mean.
setNameUnique :: Name -> Unique -> Name
setNameUnique name uniq = name {n_uniq = getKey uniq}
-- This is used for hsigs: we want to use the name of the originally exported
-- entity, but edit the location to refer to the reexport site
setNameLoc :: Name -> SrcSpan -> Name
setNameLoc name loc = name {n_loc = loc}
tidyNameOcc :: Name -> OccName -> Name
-- We set the OccName of a Name when tidying
-- In doing so, we change System --> Internal, so that when we print
-- it we don't get the unique by default. It's tidy now!
tidyNameOcc name@(Name { n_sort = System }) occ = name { n_occ = occ, n_sort = Internal}
tidyNameOcc name occ = name { n_occ = occ }
-- | Make the 'Name' into an internal name, regardless of what it was to begin with
localiseName :: Name -> Name
localiseName n = n { n_sort = Internal }
-- |Create a localised variant of a name.
--
-- If the name is external, encode the original's module name to disambiguate.
-- SPJ says: this looks like a rather odd-looking function; but it seems to
-- be used only during vectorisation, so I'm not going to worry
mkLocalisedOccName :: Module -> (Maybe String -> OccName -> OccName) -> Name -> OccName
mkLocalisedOccName this_mod mk_occ name = mk_occ origin (nameOccName name)
where
origin
| nameIsLocalOrFrom this_mod name = Nothing
| otherwise = Just (moduleNameColons . moduleName . nameModule $ name)
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Hashing and comparison}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
cmpName :: Name -> Name -> Ordering
cmpName n1 n2 = n_uniq n1 `compare` n_uniq n2
-- | Compare Names lexicographically
-- This only works for Names that originate in the source code or have been
-- tidied.
stableNameCmp :: Name -> Name -> Ordering
stableNameCmp (Name { n_sort = s1, n_occ = occ1 })
(Name { n_sort = s2, n_occ = occ2 })
= (s1 `sort_cmp` s2) `thenCmp` (occ1 `compare` occ2)
-- The ordinary compare on OccNames is lexicographic
where
-- Later constructors are bigger
sort_cmp (External m1) (External m2) = m1 `stableModuleCmp` m2
sort_cmp (External {}) _ = LT
sort_cmp (WiredIn {}) (External {}) = GT
sort_cmp (WiredIn m1 _ _) (WiredIn m2 _ _) = m1 `stableModuleCmp` m2
sort_cmp (WiredIn {}) _ = LT
sort_cmp Internal (External {}) = GT
sort_cmp Internal (WiredIn {}) = GT
sort_cmp Internal Internal = EQ
sort_cmp Internal System = LT
sort_cmp System System = EQ
sort_cmp System _ = GT
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection[Name-instances]{Instance declarations}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
instance Eq Name where
a == b = case (a `compare` b) of { EQ -> True; _ -> False }
a /= b = case (a `compare` b) of { EQ -> False; _ -> True }
instance Ord Name where
a <= b = case (a `compare` b) of { LT -> True; EQ -> True; GT -> False }
a < b = case (a `compare` b) of { LT -> True; EQ -> False; GT -> False }
a >= b = case (a `compare` b) of { LT -> False; EQ -> True; GT -> True }
a > b = case (a `compare` b) of { LT -> False; EQ -> False; GT -> True }
compare a b = cmpName a b
instance Uniquable Name where
getUnique = nameUnique
instance NamedThing Name where
getName n = n
instance Data Name where
-- don't traverse?
toConstr _ = abstractConstr "Name"
gunfold _ _ = error "gunfold"
dataTypeOf _ = mkNoRepType "Name"
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Binary}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
-- | Assumes that the 'Name' is a non-binding one. See
-- 'IfaceSyn.putIfaceTopBndr' and 'IfaceSyn.getIfaceTopBndr' for serializing
-- binding 'Name's. See 'UserData' for the rationale for this distinction.
instance Binary Name where
put_ bh name =
case getUserData bh of
UserData{ ud_put_nonbinding_name = put_name } -> put_name bh name
get bh =
case getUserData bh of
UserData { ud_get_name = get_name } -> get_name bh
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Pretty printing}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
instance Outputable Name where
ppr name = pprName name
instance OutputableBndr Name where
pprBndr _ name = pprName name
pprInfixOcc = pprInfixName
pprPrefixOcc = pprPrefixName
pprName :: Name -> SDoc
pprName (Name {n_sort = sort, n_uniq = u, n_occ = occ})
= getPprStyle $ \ sty ->
case sort of
WiredIn mod _ builtin -> pprExternal sty uniq mod occ True builtin
External mod -> pprExternal sty uniq mod occ False UserSyntax
System -> pprSystem sty uniq occ
Internal -> pprInternal sty uniq occ
where uniq = mkUniqueGrimily u
pprExternal :: PprStyle -> Unique -> Module -> OccName -> Bool -> BuiltInSyntax -> SDoc
pprExternal sty uniq mod occ is_wired is_builtin
| codeStyle sty = ppr mod <> char '_' <> ppr_z_occ_name occ
-- In code style, always qualify
-- ToDo: maybe we could print all wired-in things unqualified
-- in code style, to reduce symbol table bloat?
| debugStyle sty = pp_mod <> ppr_occ_name occ
<> braces (hsep [if is_wired then text "(w)" else empty,
pprNameSpaceBrief (occNameSpace occ),
pprUnique uniq])
| BuiltInSyntax <- is_builtin = ppr_occ_name occ -- Never qualify builtin syntax
| otherwise =
if isHoleModule mod
then case qualName sty mod occ of
NameUnqual -> ppr_occ_name occ
_ -> braces (ppr (moduleName mod) <> dot <> ppr_occ_name occ)
else pprModulePrefix sty mod occ <> ppr_occ_name occ
where
pp_mod = sdocWithDynFlags $ \dflags ->
if gopt Opt_SuppressModulePrefixes dflags
then empty
else ppr mod <> dot
pprInternal :: PprStyle -> Unique -> OccName -> SDoc
pprInternal sty uniq occ
| codeStyle sty = pprUniqueAlways uniq
| debugStyle sty = ppr_occ_name occ <> braces (hsep [pprNameSpaceBrief (occNameSpace occ),
pprUnique uniq])
| dumpStyle sty = ppr_occ_name occ <> ppr_underscore_unique uniq
-- For debug dumps, we're not necessarily dumping
-- tidied code, so we need to print the uniques.
| otherwise = ppr_occ_name occ -- User style
-- Like Internal, except that we only omit the unique in Iface style
pprSystem :: PprStyle -> Unique -> OccName -> SDoc
pprSystem sty uniq occ
| codeStyle sty = pprUniqueAlways uniq
| debugStyle sty = ppr_occ_name occ <> ppr_underscore_unique uniq
<> braces (pprNameSpaceBrief (occNameSpace occ))
| otherwise = ppr_occ_name occ <> ppr_underscore_unique uniq
-- If the tidy phase hasn't run, the OccName
-- is unlikely to be informative (like 's'),
-- so print the unique
pprModulePrefix :: PprStyle -> Module -> OccName -> SDoc
-- Print the "M." part of a name, based on whether it's in scope or not
-- See Note [Printing original names] in HscTypes
pprModulePrefix sty mod occ = sdocWithDynFlags $ \dflags ->
if gopt Opt_SuppressModulePrefixes dflags
then empty
else
case qualName sty mod occ of -- See Outputable.QualifyName:
NameQual modname -> ppr modname <> dot -- Name is in scope
NameNotInScope1 -> ppr mod <> dot -- Not in scope
NameNotInScope2 -> ppr (moduleUnitId mod) <> colon -- Module not in
<> ppr (moduleName mod) <> dot -- scope either
NameUnqual -> empty -- In scope unqualified
pprUnique :: Unique -> SDoc
-- Print a unique unless we are suppressing them
pprUnique uniq
= sdocWithDynFlags $ \dflags ->
ppUnless (gopt Opt_SuppressUniques dflags) $
pprUniqueAlways uniq
ppr_underscore_unique :: Unique -> SDoc
-- Print an underscore separating the name from its unique
-- But suppress it if we aren't printing the uniques anyway
ppr_underscore_unique uniq
= sdocWithDynFlags $ \dflags ->
ppUnless (gopt Opt_SuppressUniques dflags) $
char '_' <> pprUniqueAlways uniq
ppr_occ_name :: OccName -> SDoc
ppr_occ_name occ = ftext (occNameFS occ)
-- Don't use pprOccName; instead, just print the string of the OccName;
-- we print the namespace in the debug stuff above
-- In code style, we Z-encode the strings. The results of Z-encoding each FastString are
-- cached behind the scenes in the FastString implementation.
ppr_z_occ_name :: OccName -> SDoc
ppr_z_occ_name occ = ztext (zEncodeFS (occNameFS occ))
-- Prints (if mod information is available) "Defined at <loc>" or
-- "Defined in <mod>" information for a Name.
pprDefinedAt :: Name -> SDoc
pprDefinedAt name = text "Defined" <+> pprNameDefnLoc name
pprNameDefnLoc :: Name -> SDoc
-- Prints "at <loc>" or
-- or "in <mod>" depending on what info is available
pprNameDefnLoc name
= case nameSrcLoc name of
-- nameSrcLoc rather than nameSrcSpan
-- It seems less cluttered to show a location
-- rather than a span for the definition point
RealSrcLoc s -> text "at" <+> ppr s
UnhelpfulLoc s
| isInternalName name || isSystemName name
-> text "at" <+> ftext s
| otherwise
-> text "in" <+> quotes (ppr (nameModule name))
-- | Get a string representation of a 'Name' that's unique and stable
-- across recompilations. Used for deterministic generation of binds for
-- derived instances.
-- eg. "$aeson_70dylHtv1FFGeai1IoxcQr$Data.Aeson.Types.Internal$String"
nameStableString :: Name -> String
nameStableString Name{..} =
nameSortStableString n_sort ++ "$" ++ occNameString n_occ
nameSortStableString :: NameSort -> String
nameSortStableString System = "$_sys"
nameSortStableString Internal = "$_in"
nameSortStableString (External mod) = moduleStableString mod
nameSortStableString (WiredIn mod _ _) = moduleStableString mod
{-
************************************************************************
* *
\subsection{Overloaded functions related to Names}
* *
************************************************************************
-}
-- | A class allowing convenient access to the 'Name' of various datatypes
class NamedThing a where
getOccName :: a -> OccName
getName :: a -> Name
getOccName n = nameOccName (getName n) -- Default method
instance NamedThing e => NamedThing (GenLocated l e) where
getName = getName . unLoc
getSrcLoc :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcLoc
getSrcSpan :: NamedThing a => a -> SrcSpan
getOccString :: NamedThing a => a -> String
getOccFS :: NamedThing a => a -> FastString
getSrcLoc = nameSrcLoc . getName
getSrcSpan = nameSrcSpan . getName
getOccString = occNameString . getOccName
getOccFS = occNameFS . getOccName
pprInfixName :: (Outputable a, NamedThing a) => a -> SDoc
-- See Outputable.pprPrefixVar, pprInfixVar;
-- add parens or back-quotes as appropriate
pprInfixName n = pprInfixVar (isSymOcc (getOccName n)) (ppr n)
pprPrefixName :: NamedThing a => a -> SDoc
pprPrefixName thing
| name `hasKey` starKindTyConKey || name `hasKey` unicodeStarKindTyConKey
= ppr name -- See Note [Special treatment for kind *]
| otherwise
= pprPrefixVar (isSymOcc (nameOccName name)) (ppr name)
where
name = getName thing
{-
Note [Special treatment for kind *]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do not put parens around the kind '*'. Even though it looks like
an operator, it is really a special case.
This pprPrefixName stuff is really only used when printing HsSyn,
which has to be polymorphic in the name type, and hence has to go via
the overloaded function pprPrefixOcc. It's easier where we know the
type being pretty printed; eg the pretty-printing code in TyCoRep.
See Trac #7645, which led to this.
-}